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Foundations of Blockchain

You're reading from  Foundations of Blockchain

Product type Book
Published in Jan 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789139396
Pages 372 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Concepts
Author (1):
Koshik Raj Koshik Raj
Profile icon Koshik Raj

Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface 1. Introduction 2. A Bit of Cryptography 3. Cryptography in Blockchain 4. Networking in Blockchain 5. Cryptocurrency 6. Diving into Blockchain - Proof of Existence 7. Diving into Blockchain - Proof of Ownership 8. Blockchain Projects 9. Blockchain Optimizations and Enhancements 10. Blockchain Security 11. When Shouldn't We Use Blockchain? 12. Blockchain Use Cases 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

Since the concept of blockchain originated from a cryptocurrency, the best way to understand the true implementation of the blockchain technology is through a cryptocurrency application. In this chapter, we have covered all the concepts of cryptocurrency with the help of Bitcoin in order to understand how cryptocurrency functions in a decentralized network.

We started with the basics of Bitcoin and how they are set up to form a decentralized network. Then we dived into several concepts, such as keys, addresses, and wallets, used in Bitcoin. Bitcoin transactions were explored in depth since those are the events that bring value to the Bitcoin network. We also dived into the essence of blockchain, including mining and consensus of Bitcoin. Finally, we concluded the chapter by creating a simple cryptocurrency application.

This chapter serves as a reference because it elaborates...

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