Blockchain Enabled Applications (2nd Ed., 2nd ed.) Understand the Blockchain Ecosystem and How to Make it Work for You
Learn all about blockchain and its applications in cryptocurrency, healthcare, Internet of Things, finance, decentralized organizations, and more. Featuring case studies and practical insights, this book covers a unique mix of topics and offers insight into how to overcome hurdles that arise as the market and consumers grow accustomed to blockchain-based organizations and services.
The book is divided into three major sections. The first section provides a historical background to blockchain technology. You will start with a historical context to financial capital markets when Bitcoin was invented, followed by mining protocols, the need for consensus, hardware mining, etc. Next, a formal introduction to blockchain is provided covering transaction workflow, role of decentralized network, and payment verification. Then, we dive deep into a different implementation of a blockchain: Ethereum. The main technical features, such as Ethereum Virtual Machine, are presentedalong with the smart contract programming language, Solidity. In this second section, you will look at some modern use cases for blockchain from a decentralized autonomous organization, high-performance computing in Ethereum and off-grid computations, and healthcare and scientific discovery. The final section of the book looks toward the future of blockchain. This is followed by chapters covering the rise of consortia in the blockchain world, the Hyperledger project, particularly the updates since 2018, and a chapter on educational blockchain games. This is followed by updates to EOS.IO, Chain Core, and Quorum, ICOs and a look at the major changes to financial markets brought about by blockchain and decentralized networks.What You Will Learn
- Get an overview of the popular games employed to teach the basic concepts of blockchain and decentralized networks
- Be familiar with the rise of blockchain consortiums as well as updates to Hyperledger Project, 2020
- Find out about cloud blockchains, including Microsoft Azure and Amazon Webservices, and how to set up test environments
- Study machine learning integration in the blockchain and the role of smart contracts
Who This Book Is For
Blockchain developers interested in keeping up with the newest updates and students looking for a broad overview of this vast ecosystem, plus business executives who want to make informed product decisions about including blockchain as well as policy makers who want a better understanding of the current use cases
Chapter 1: Behold the Dreamers.- Chapter 2: The Gold Rush: Mining Bitcoin.- Chapter 3: Foundations of a Blockchain.- Chapter 4: Unpacking Ethereum.- Chapter 5: Decentralized Organizations.- Chapter 6: The DAO Hacked.- Chapter 7: High Performance Computing.- Chapter 8: Blockchain in Science.- Chapter 9: Blockchain in Healthcare.- Chapter 10: Lean Blockchain.- Chapter 11: Blockchain 3.0.- Chapter 12: Technological Revolution and Financial Capital Markets.- Chapter 13: Building a Healthcare Consortium.- Chapter 14: Blockchain-as-a-Service.- Chapter 15: Rise of Blockchain Consortia.- Chapter 16: The Art of the Newly Possible: Transforming Health with Emerging Technology and Federated Learning.- Chapter 17: Formal Blockchain Research and Education.- Chapter 18: Blockchain Simulation.- Appendix A.
Vikram Dhillon is an internal medicine resident physician at Wayne State University, Detroit Medical Center and a research fellow at the Institute of Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida (UFC). He holds a bachelor of science degree in molecular biology from the University of Central Florida where his main focus was bioinformatics, a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, and a doctoral degree from Nova Southeastern University. He has published multiple scientific papers on computational genomics. He has worked as a software and business development coach at the Blackstone Launchpad to mentor young entrepreneurs and startups through the process of building technology products. He was previously funded by the National Science Foundation through the Innovation Corps program to study customer discovery and apply it to commercialize high-risk startup ideas. He is a member of the Linux Foundation and has been involved in open-source projects and initiatives for thepast several years. He often speaks at local conferences and meetups about programming, design, security, and entrepreneurship.
David Metcalf is a serial entrepreneur who has launched multiple successful ventures and spinoff companies. He has reviewed thousands of emerging technology companies as an advisor and investor. He is the Director of the Mixed Emerging Technology Integration Lab at UCF’s Institute for Simulation and Training. His past projects involving XR and IoT span across education, health, space, cyber, and transportation. Current efforts include smart cities, blockchain, and enterprise learning transformation for government and industry. He is the co-editor/author of Voice Technology in Healthcare (2020) and Blockchain in Healthcare (2019) as part of the HIMSS Emerging Technology Series, Blockchain Enabled Applications (2018), Connected Health (2017), HIMSS mHealth Innovation (2014), and the HIMSS best-seller mHealth: F
Date de parution : 01-2021
Ouvrage de 380 p.
17.8x25.4 cm
