Blockchain Quick Reference - Softcover

Hill, Brenn; Chopra, Samanyu; Valencourt, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1788995783 ISBN 13: 9781788995788

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Understand the Blockchain revolution and get to grips with Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, and Corda.

Key Features

• Resolve common challenges and problems faced in the Blockchain domain
• Study architecture, concepts, terminologies, and Dapps
• Make smart choices using Blockchain for personal and business investments

Book Description

Blockchain Quick Reference takes you through the electrifying world of blockchain technology and is designed for those who want to polish their existing knowledge regarding the various pillars of the blockchain ecosystem.

This book is your go-to guide, teaching you how to apply principles and ideas for making your life and business better. You will cover the architecture, Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), tokens, smart contracts, and terminologies of the blockchain technology, before studying how they work. All you need is a curious mind to get started with blockchain technology. Once you have grasped the basics, you will explore components of Ethereum, such as ether tokens, transactions, and smart contracts, in order to build simple Dapps. You will then move on to learning why Solidity is used specifically for Ethereum-based projects, followed by exploring different types of blockchain with easy-to-follow examples. All this will help you tackle challenges and problems.

By the end of this book, you will not only have solved current and future problems relating to blockchain technology but will also be able to build efficient decentralized applications.

What you will learn

• Understand how blockchain architecture components work
• Acquaint yourself with cryptography and the mechanics behind blockchain
• Apply consensus protocol to determine the business sustainability
• Understand what ICOs and crypto-mining are and how they work
• Create cryptocurrency wallets and coins for transaction mechanisms
• Understand the use of Ethereum for smart contract and DApp development

Who this book is for

Blockchain Quick Reference is for you if you are a developer who wants to get well-versed with blockchain and its associated concepts and terminologies. You will explore the working mechanism of a decentralized application with the help of examples. Business leaders and blockchain enthusiasts will also find this book useful, as it will help you effectively address challenges and make better personal and business investments.

Table of Contents

1. Blockchain 101
2. Components and structure of Blockchain
3. Decentralization vs Distributed Systems
4. Cryptography and mechanics behind blockchain
5. Bitcoins
6. Altcoins
7. Achieving Consensus
8. Advanced Blockchain Concepts
9. Cryptocurrency wallets
10. Alternate Blockchains
11. Hyperledger and Enterprise Blockchains
12. Ethereum 101
13. Solidity 101
14. Smart Contracts
15. Ethereum Development
16. Ethereum Accounts and Ether token
17. Decentralized applications(Dapps)
18. Mining
19. ICO 101
20. Creating your own currency
21. Scalability and other challenges
22. Future of Blockchain: Potential and predictions

About this title

About the Authors

Brenn Hill is a senior software engineer who has worked with such clients as NASCAR, PGA Tour, Time Warner Cable, and many others. He has experience leading international teams on cannot fail engineering projects. He strives to work with business to ensure that tech projects achieve good ROI and solve key business problems. He has a master's degree in Information Science from UNC-CH and currently travels the world as a digital nomad.

Samanyu Chopra is a developer, entrepreneur, and Blockchain supporter with wide experience of conceptualizing, developing, and producing computer and mobile software's. He has been programming since the age of 11. He is proficient in programming languages such as JavaScript, Scala, C#, C++, Swift, and so on. He has a wide range of experience in developing for computers and mobiles. He has been a supporter of Bitcoin and blockchain since its early days and has been part of wide-ranging decentralized projects since a long time. You can write a tweet to him at @samdonly1.

Paul Valencourt is CFO of BlockSimple Solutions. He currently helps people launch STOs and invest in cryptocurrency mining. Harass him on LinkedIn.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1788995783
• ISBN 13: 9781788995788
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 350