Blockchain for Business 2018: The New Industrial Revolution [Video]
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Free ChapterBlockchain for Business - An introduction
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The rise of a new industry
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The rationale behind cryptocurrencies
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Bitcoin: Where it all started
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Bitcoin's five forces
- Bitcoin's five forces
- Force #1 - Blockchain
- Blockchain - a distributed ledger
- Force #2 - Cryptography
- Cryptography - the technique used to secure Bitcoin
- Force #3 - Consensus
- Consensus mechanism - Digital signatures
- Consensus mechanism - Introduction to Proof-of-Work
- Consensus mechanism - Mining and Proof-of-Work
- Consensus mechanism - Game Theory
- Consensus mechanism - What happens if miners misbehave?
- Consensus mechanism - 51% attacks
- Consensus mechanism - an important detail about consensus attacks
- Force #4 - P2P network
- Force #5 - Software code base
- Software code base - the Script programming language
- Alternative use cases of Bitcoin
- Bitcoin - final remarks
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Ethereum
- Introduction to Ethereum
- How Vitalik Buterin created Ethereum
- How Ethereum took the idea of Blockchain to the next level
- The Ethereum Virtual Machine
- Ethereum - a global platform for decentralized applications
- Ethereum and Initial Coin Offerings
- Decentralized Autonomous Organizations - a look into the future
- Ethereum - key takeways
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Industrial applications of Blockchain
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Blockchain and the Financial sector
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Blockchain and the Consumer goods sector
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Blockchain and the global tech giants
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A look into the future of Blockchain technology
- Current issues and potential solutions to get blockchain to the next level
- Scalability solutions
- Scalability solutions: Proof-of-Stake
- Scalability solutions: Sharding
- Scalability solutions: Lightning networks, Plasma, Truebit
- Interoperability between blockchains
- Next generation blockchains - Tezos, Polkadot, Cosmos, Cardano, Zilliqa
- Blockchain for Business - conclusion
You have heard the term blockchain, right? But you are still not very clear about exactly what it is. Or perhaps, you know something about it, but don't understand how it works, where its value comes from, and how is it developing currently.
The blockchain is the technology powering crypto-assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many others. And it has become the hottest field in the tech sector now.
Blockchain has the potential to change the world and few people realize all its far-reaching applications beyond Bitcoin. Its disruptive potential has been compared to that of the Internet. That's why people call it the Internet of money or the Internet of value. You will learn how blockchain works and how it can be applied in various sectors. Moreover, you will get a new perspective on decentralized economic systems, which are expected to play a huge role in the future. This is the sharing economy 2.0 – powered by crypto-economics and blockchain.
The understanding should come first before anyone starts making any decisions with real-world implications. That's why this course is designed in a clearest, accessible, and fun format.
Style and Approach
This course will literally take you from knowing nothing about blockchain to learning the fundamentals of blockchain technology, crypto-economics, and their applications in business and everyday life to people without a technical background.
- Publication date:
- October 2018
- Publisher
- Packt
- Duration
- 6 hours
- ISBN
- 9781789952346