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Foundations of Blockchain

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Product type Book
Published in Jan 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789139396
Pages 372 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Koshik Raj Koshik Raj
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Koshik Raj is an information security enthusiast who holds a master's degree in computer science and information security. He has a background of working with RSA, a network security company. He has also worked as a senior developer in CoWrks, Bengaluru. Koshik has been studying blockchain technology since he was introduced to Bitcoin while pursuing his master's. He is currently advising an educational start-up looking to implement blockchain technology in the education space. He is also setting up a blockchain incubation center for students and researchers in Bengaluru to aid mentorship and networking, and even the launching and marketing of their ideas.
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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

Blockchain enhancements

Numerous enhancements have been built on top of the existing blockchain protocols to function more efficiently or make the blockchain application suitable to implement the desired functionality. We will discuss a few of the enhancements that require major protocol modifications.

Sharding

One of the critical issues that Bitcoin and other existing blockchain platforms face is scaling the applications in the blockchain network. Storage is the main factor that is slowing down the scalability of decentralized applications. Every full node in the blockchain stores the entire blockchain history to verify the transaction. Instead of storing redundant data on every node, data can be distributed cleverly on the...

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Authors (1)

Profile icon Koshik Raj
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Koshik Raj is an information security enthusiast who holds a master's degree in computer science and information security. He has a background of working with RSA, a network security company. He has also worked as a senior developer in CoWrks, Bengaluru. Koshik has been studying blockchain technology since he was introduced to Bitcoin while pursuing his master's. He is currently advising an educational start-up looking to implement blockchain technology in the education space. He is also setting up a blockchain incubation center for students and researchers in Bengaluru to aid mentorship and networking, and even the launching and marketing of their ideas.
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