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Data Science for Web3

You're reading from  Data Science for Web3

Product type Book
Published in Dec 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837637546
Pages 344 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Gabriela Castillo Areco Gabriela Castillo Areco
Profile icon Gabriela Castillo Areco

Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface Part 1 Web3 Data Analysis Basics
Chapter 1: Where Data and Web3 Meet Chapter 2: Working with On-Chain Data Chapter 3: Working with Off-Chain Data Chapter 4: Exploring the Digital Uniqueness of NFTs – Games, Art, and Identity Chapter 5: Exploring Analytics on DeFi Part 2 Web3 Machine Learning Cases
Chapter 6: Preparing and Exploring Our Data Chapter 7: A Primer on Machine Learning and Deep Learning Chapter 8: Sentiment Analysis – NLP and Crypto News Chapter 9: Generative Art for NFTs Chapter 10: A Primer on Security and Fraud Detection Chapter 11: Price Prediction with Time Series Chapter 12: Marketing Discovery with Graphs Part 3 Appendix
Chapter 13: Building Experience with Crypto Data – BUIDL Chapter 14: Interviews with Web3 Data Leaders Index Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3

Multichain protocols and cross-chain bridges

A bridge is a structure that facilitates the transfer of funds and information between different chains. The market recognizes three groups of chains:

  • L1 chains are the well-known blockchains, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. It is called Layer 1 as the core team generates a layer of solutions over the foundation layer to increase scalability. An example of the evolution of L1 is the Ethereum merge, which occurred in September 2022.
  • L2 chains are integrations that run on top of a blockchain to improve specific aspects, often focusing on scalability. These scaling solutions allow the main chain to offload data to a parallel architecture, processing it there and saving only the results on the main chain. Successful L2 chains include Optimism, Arbitrum, and Polygon zkEVM.
  • Sidechains are new blockchains that are connected to a major blockchain. For instance, Rootstock is linked to Bitcoin, enabling EVM smart contract programming...
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