Work with blockchain and understand its potential application beyond
cryptocurrencies in the domains of healthcare, Internet of Things,
finance, decentralized organizations, and open science. Featuring case
studies and practical insights generated from a start-up spun off from
the author's own lab, this book covers a unique mix of topics not found
in others and offers insight into how to overcome real hurdles that
arise as the market and consumers grow accustomed to blockchain based
start-ups.
You'll start with a review of the historical origins of blockchain and
explore the basic cryptography needed to make the blockchain work for
Bitcoin. You will then learn about the technical advancements made in
the surrounded ecosystem: the Ethereum virtual machine, Solidity,
Colored Coins, the Hyperledger Project, Blockchain-as-a-service offered
through IBM, Microsoft and more.
This book looks at the consequences of machine-to-machine transactions
using the blockchain socially, technologically, economically and
politically. Blockchain Enabled Applications provides you with a clear
perspective of the ecosystem that has developed around the blockchain
and the various industries it has penetrated.
What You'll Learn
- Implement the code-base from Fabric and Sawtooth, two open source
blockchain-efforts being developed under the Hyperledger Project
- Evaluate the benefits of integrating blockchain with emerging
technologies, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence in
the cloud
- Use the practical insights provided by the case studies to your own
projects or start-up ideas
- Set up a development environment to compile and manage projects
Who This Book Is For
Developers who are interested in learning about the blockchain as a
data-structure, the recent advancements being made and how to implement
the code-base.
Decision makers within large corporations (product managers, directors
or CIO level executives) interested in implementing the blockchain who
need more practical insights and not just theory.
