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Blockchain Quick Start Guide

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Product type Book
Published in Dec 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789807974
Pages 222 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (2):
Xun (Brian) Wu Xun (Brian) Wu
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Xun (Brian) Wu is a senior blockchain architect and consultant. With over 20 years of hands-on experience across various technologies, including Blockchain, big data, cloud, AI, systems, and infrastructure, Brian has worked on more than 50 projects in his career. He has authored nine books, which have been published by O'Reilly, Packt, and Apress, focusing on popular fields within the Blockchain industry. The titles of his books include: Learn Ethereum (First Edition), Learn Ethereum (Second Edition), Blockchain for Teens, Hands-On Smart Contract Development with Hyperledger Fabric V2, Hyperledger Cookbook, Blockchain Quick Start Guide, Security Tokens and Stablecoins Quick Start Guide, Blockchain by Example, and Seven NoSQL Databases in a Week.
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Weimin Sun Weimin Sun
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Weimin Sun has 20 years' of experience working in the financial industry. He has worked for top-tier investment and commercial banks such as J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, Citibank, and Morgan Stanley, where he also managed large teams for developing IT applications. Weimin has also held corporate titles such as executive director and senior VP in some of these firms. Weimin has in-depth knowledge of the blockchain technology, data science, data architecture, data modeling, and big data platforms. He holds Ph.D, M.B.A and M.Sc degrees. He has co-authored Blockchain Quick Start Guide and published several statistical journal papers.
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Title Page
Copyright and Credits
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
1. Introduction to Blockchain Technology 2. Ethereum Fundamentals 3. Overview of Solidity Programming 4. Building an Ethereum Blockchain Application 5. Exploring an Enterprise Blockchain Application Using Hyperledger Fabric 6. Implementing Business Networks Using Hyperledger Composer 7. Blockchain Use Cases 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

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Blockchain Quick Start Guide

 

A beginner's guide to developing enterprise-grade decentralized applications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Xun (Brian) Wu

Weimin Sun

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI

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Profile icon Xun (Brian) Wu
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Xun (Brian) Wu is a senior blockchain architect and consultant. With over 20 years of hands-on experience across various technologies, including Blockchain, big data, cloud, AI, systems, and infrastructure, Brian has worked on more than 50 projects in his career. He has authored nine books, which have been published by O'Reilly, Packt, and Apress, focusing on popular fields within the Blockchain industry. The titles of his books include: Learn Ethereum (First Edition), Learn Ethereum (Second Edition), Blockchain for Teens, Hands-On Smart Contract Development with Hyperledger Fabric V2, Hyperledger Cookbook, Blockchain Quick Start Guide, Security Tokens and Stablecoins Quick Start Guide, Blockchain by Example, and Seven NoSQL Databases in a Week.
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Profile icon Weimin Sun
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Weimin Sun has 20 years' of experience working in the financial industry. He has worked for top-tier investment and commercial banks such as J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, Citibank, and Morgan Stanley, where he also managed large teams for developing IT applications. Weimin has also held corporate titles such as executive director and senior VP in some of these firms. Weimin has in-depth knowledge of the blockchain technology, data science, data architecture, data modeling, and big data platforms. He holds Ph.D, M.B.A and M.Sc degrees. He has co-authored Blockchain Quick Start Guide and published several statistical journal papers.
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