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Published inJun 2018
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Rajneesh Gupta
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Rajneesh Gupta

Rajneesh Gupta is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with over 11 years of industry experience. With a remarkable career focused on incident response, penetration testing, security compliance, and risk management, Rajneesh has established himself as a leading expert in the field. He is also an accomplished author, having penned the book "Hands-on with Blockchain and Cybersecurity." As a dedicated educator, Rajneesh has made a significant impact on the cybersecurity community by training over 60,000 students globally.
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Understanding blockchain on availability


Business applications are accessible through networks (public or private), and these applications are sets of code that have value until they are accessible, which is when they are needed. Blockchain is a software application running on the cloud that keeps its value until it is not broken or disturbed. For users, the face of blockchain is simply a decentralized application (dApp), and in order to keep it available all of the time, both the frontend and the backend of the system should run seamlessly.

Availability in the current blockchain network

On-time and reliable access to information resembles availability. Cyberattacks such as DDoS cause huge disruption to internet services and result in websites becoming inaccessible, which costs businesses a lot of money. The decentralized nature of blockchain makes it harder to disrupt these applications.

No single point of failure

Even if one node in the blockchain goes down, the information can be accessed...

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Rajneesh Gupta

Rajneesh Gupta is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with over 11 years of industry experience. With a remarkable career focused on incident response, penetration testing, security compliance, and risk management, Rajneesh has established himself as a leading expert in the field. He is also an accomplished author, having penned the book "Hands-on with Blockchain and Cybersecurity." As a dedicated educator, Rajneesh has made a significant impact on the cybersecurity community by training over 60,000 students globally.
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