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“…Understand five elements that make blockchain so disruptive: transparency, immutability, security, consensus, and smart contracts Explore key use cases: cross-border payments, food and drug safety, provenance, trade finance, clinical trials, land registries, and more See how trusted blockchain networks are facilitating entirely new business models Compare blockchain types: permissioned, permissionless, private, public, federated, and hybrid Anticipate key technical, business, regulatory, and governance challenges Build blockchain financial models, investment rubrics, and risk frameworks Organize and manage teams to transform blockchain plans into reality Whether you're a senior decision maker, technical professional, customer, or investor, Blockchain for Business will help you cut through the hype and objectively assess blockchain's potential in your business. …”

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“…What you will learn Understand why decentralized applications are important Discover the mechanisms behind bitcoin and alternative cryptocurrencies Master how cryptography is used to secure data with the help of examples Maintain, monitor, and manage your blockchain solutions Create Ethereum wallets Explore research topics and the future scope of blockchain technology Who this book is for This Learning Path is designed for blockchain developers who want to build decentralized applications and smart contracts from scratch using Hyperledger. …”

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“…Coverage includes Working with iOS-side dynamic frameworks and iOS/OS X extension modules Streamlining Model, View, and Controller development with Swift Rewriting Objective-C functions in Swift Efficiently managing layouts and view hierarchies with size classes Inspecting and fixing interface issues with the new View Debugger Displaying and configuring custom views within Interface Builder via Live Rendering Benchmarking performance within the Xcode 6 unit test framework Leveraging Xcode 6 automated tools to simplify localization Creating new extensions to inject services and UI into other applications Mastering new Swift debugging techniques Register your book at informit.com/register for access to this title’s downloadable code…”

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