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Published inJan 2019
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Peter Lipovyanov
Peter Lipovyanov
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Peter Lipovyanov

Peter Lipovyanov is an experienced investment banker and venture investor currently focusing on blockchain projects and crypto-assets. A firm believer in the potential of blockchain technology to change the world for the better by facilitating financial inclusion across the globe and improving the efficiency of financial markets and other sectors of the economy, he has been involved in several promising blockchain projects building decentralized applications. His passion for education also led him to create a bestseller online course about the fundamental principles of blockchain technology and its business applications, which is the basis for this book.
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Introduction to corporate blockchains

Corporate blockchains are different from public blockchains such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the other projects discussed so far, mainly in one key aspect: access to the network. While in public blockchains, anyone can download some open source software, join the network, and use it, in private blockchains, access to the network is restricted. Corporations, government entities, or other organizations can build their own private blockchains to serve their business or administrative purposes. Such private blockchains are typically more centralized and much closer to a distributed database or ledger in their architecture and functions. This is because they don't need a decentralized trust model like Bitcoin and other public blockchains.

If all blockchain participants are known, and have been pre-approved and vetted, there isn't much need...

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Peter Lipovyanov

Peter Lipovyanov is an experienced investment banker and venture investor currently focusing on blockchain projects and crypto-assets. A firm believer in the potential of blockchain technology to change the world for the better by facilitating financial inclusion across the globe and improving the efficiency of financial markets and other sectors of the economy, he has been involved in several promising blockchain projects building decentralized applications. His passion for education also led him to create a bestseller online course about the fundamental principles of blockchain technology and its business applications, which is the basis for this book.
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