Blockchain For Dummies
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Laurence Tiana. Blockchain For Dummies
Introduction
Part 1. Getting Started with Blockchain
Chapter 1. Introducing Blockchain
Chapter 2. Picking a Blockchain
Chapter 3. Getting Your Hands on Blockchain
Part 2. Developing Your Knowledge
Chapter 4. Beholding the Bitcoin Blockchain
Chapter 5. Encountering the Ethereum Blockchain
Chapter 6. Regarding the Ripple Blockchain
Chapter 7. Finding the Factom Blockchain
Chapter 8. Digging into DigiByte
Part 3. Powerful Blockchain Platforms
Chapter 9. Getting Your Hands on Hyperledger
Chapter 10. Applying Microsoft Azure
Chapter 11. Getting Busy on IBM Bluemix
Part 4. Industry Impacts
Chapter 12. Financial Technology
Chapter 13. Real Estate
Chapter 14. Insurance
Chapter 15. Government
Chapter 16. Other Industries
Part 5. The Part of Tens
Chapter 17. Ten Free Blockchain Resources
Chapter 18. The Ten Rules to Never Break on the Blockchain
Chapter 19. Ten Top Blockchain Projects
About the Author
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Welcome to Blockchain For Dummies! If you want to find out what blockchains are and the basics of how to use them, this is the book for you. Many people think blockchains are difficult to understand. They might also think that blockchains are just about cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but they’re are so much more. Anyone can master the basics of blockchains.
In this book, you find helpful advice for navigating the blockchain world and cryptocurrencies that run them. You also find practical step-by-step tutorials that will build your understanding of how blockchains work and where they add value. You don’t need a background in programming, economics, or world affairs to understand this book, but I do touch on all these subjects because blockchain technology intersects all of them.
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On the other end of the spectrum, blockchains that are used to record financial transactions between known parties can use a lighter and faster consensus. Their need for high-speed transactions is more important. Proof of work is too slow and costly for them to operate because of the comparatively few participants within the network and immediate finality need for each transaction.
Hundreds of blockchains and blockchain applications are in existence today. The whole world has become obsessed with the ideas of moving money faster, incorporating and governing in a distributed network, and building secure applications and hardware.
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