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Blockchain for Business 2019: A user-friendly introduction to blockchain technology and its business applications
Authors: Peter Lipovyanov
ISBN-10 书号: 1789956021
ISBN-13 书号: 9781789956023
Released: 2019-01-29
pages 页数: 258 pages
Book Description
Blockchain for Business 2019 is a comprehensive guide that enables you to bring in various blockchain functionalities to extend your existing business models and make correct fully-informed decisions. You will learn how decentralized applications are transforming numerous business sectors that are expected to play a huge role in the future. You will see how large corporations are already implementing blockchain technology now. You will then learn about the various blockchain services,such as Bitcoin,Ethereum,Hyperledger,and others to understand their use cases in a variety of business domains. You will develop a solid fundamental understanding of blockchain architecture.
Moving ahead,you will get to grips with the inner workings of blockchain,with detailed explanations of mining,decentralized consensus,cryptography,smart contracts,and many other important concepts. You will delve into a realistic view of the current state of blockchain technology,along with its issues,limitations,and potential solutions that can take it to the next level.
By the end of this book,you will all be well versed in the latest innovations and developments in the emerging blockchain space.
Contents
1: BITCOIN,BLOCKCHAIN,AND CRYPTOASSETS
2: A BRIEF HISTORY OF MONEY
3: THE BIRTH OF BITCOIN AND THE ADVANTAGES OF A DECENTRALIZED PAYMENT SYSTEM
4: FIVE FORCES OF BITCOIN - #1 BLOCKCHAIN
5: FIVE FORCES OF BITCOIN - #2 CRYPTOGRAPHY
6: FIVE FORCES OF BITCOIN - #3 CONSENSUS ALGORITHM
7: FIVE FORCES OF BITCOIN - #4 P2P NETWORK
8: FIVE FORCES OF BITCOIN - #5 SOFTWARE CODE BASE
9: HOW ETHEREUM TOOK THE IDEA OF BLOCKCHAIN TO THE NEXT LEVEL
10: ETHEREUM - A GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR DECENTRALIZED APPLICATIONS
11: BLOCKCHAINS FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC SECTORS AND USE CASES
12: CORPORATE BLOCKCHAINS
13: THE DISRUPTIVE POTENTIAL OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY
14: BLOCKCHAIN AND AI
15: CURRENT ISSUES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO TAKE BLOCKCHAIN TO THE NEXT LEVEL
What you will learn
Understand the fundamentals of blockchain and how it was developed
Gain a good understanding of economic concepts and developments
Develop a base for concepts such as cryptography,computer networking,and programming
Understand the applications of blockchain and its potential impact on the world
Become well versed with the latest developments in the blockchain space
Explore blockchain frameworks,including decentralized organizational structures,networks,and applications
Authors
Peter Lipovyanov
Peter Lipovyanov is an experienced investment banker and venture investor currently focusing on blockchain projects and crypto-assets. A firm believer in the potential of blockchain technology to change the world for the better by facilitating financial inclusion across the globe and improving the efficiency of financial markets and other sectors of the economy,he has been involved in several promising blockchain projects building decentralized applications. His passion for education also led him to create a bestseller online course about the fundamental principles of blockchain technology and its business applications,which is the basis for this book.
