Learn bitcoin and blockchain understand blockchain and bitcoin architecture to build decentralized applications
Get up and running with the fundamentals of Bitcoin and blockchain Key Features Learn quick, effective, and easy ways to master blockchain and Bitcoin Understand the impact of decentralization and discover ways to tackle it Explore the future of Bitcoin and blockchain and implement them in a busines...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Birmingham ; Mumbai :
Packt
2018.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009630674606719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright and Credits
- Packt Upsell
- Contributor
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Blockchain and Bitcoin
- An introduction to cryptography and cryptocurrency
- Workings and security of fiat currencies
- Understanding cryptocurrency and its uses
- Hash function
- Digital signature
- An introduction to Bitcoin
- History of Bitcoin
- Alternative cryptocurrencies to Bitcoin
- Bitcoin wallets
- An introduction to the blockchain
- Workings of blockchain
- Features of blockchain
- Structure of blockchain
- Structuring the Bitcoin block header
- Representing the blockchain structure
- Challenges with blockchain
- Types of blockchain
- Permission and permissionless blockchain implementations
- Platforms for blockchain
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Decentralization
- Decentralized, centralized, and distributed systems
- How decentralized systems work
- Decentralized applications
- Decentralizing various entities
- Categories of assets
- Real-world transactions
- Complex agreements
- Decentralization of markets
- Centralized markets for decentralization
- The impact of decentralization
- Sectors affected by decentralization
- The pros and cons of decentralization
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Advanced Blockchain Concepts
- Introduction to consensus protocols
- Properties of consensus mechanism
- The Byzantine Generals' Problem
- Solution to the Byzantine Generals' Problem
- Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance
- Types of consensus algorithms
- Proof of Work
- Challenges with PoW
- Proof of Stake
- Proof of Elapsed Time
- Comparison between PoW, PoS, and PoET
- Key privacy challenges of the blockchain
- Pseudonymous behavior of Bitcoin
- Solutions to privacy challenges
- CoinJoin
- Ring signatures
- Zero-knowledge proof.
- Smart contracts and decentralized applications
- Understanding smart contracts
- Workings of smart contracts
- Decentralized applications
- Challenges and solutions
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Bitcoin and Blockchain Security
- Securing Bitcoin and blockchain
- Security practices for your wallet
- Types of wallets
- Hardware wallets
- Workings of a hardware wallet
- Types of physical Bitcoins
- The survival of cryptocurrencies
- Summary
- Other books you may enjoy
- Index.
