1st Edition
Bitcoin and Blockchain History and Current Applications
In recent years, blockchain development has grown quickly from the original Bitcoin protocol to the second-generation Ethereum platform, and to today’s process of building third-generation blockchains. During this evolution, we can see how blockchain technology has evolved from its original form as a distributed database to becoming a fully fledged, globally distributed, cloud computing platform. This book traces the past, present, and future of blockchain technology.
- Presents the knowledge and history of Bitcoin
- Offers blockchain applications
- Discusses developing working code for real-world blockchain applications
- Includes many real-life examples
- Covers the original Bitcoin protocol to the second-generation Ethereum platform
Bitcoin and Blockchain: History and Current Applications is a useful reference for students, business schools, research scholars, practitioners, and business analytics professionals.
Chapter 1 Bitcoin: A P2P Digital Currency
Sathya A.R. and Ahmed A. Elngar
Chapter 2 Exploring the Bitcoin Network
Sathya A.R. and K. Varaprasada Rao
Chapter 3 Blockchain Technology: The Trust-Free Systems
Sathya A.R. and Ajay Kumar Jena
Chapter 4 Consensus and Mining in a Nutshell
Sathya A.R. and Santosh Kumar Swain
Chapter 5 Blockchain: Introduction to the Technology behind Shared Information
Naseem Ahamed
Chapter 6 Growth of Financial Transaction toward Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology
Chiranji Lal Chowdhary
Chapter 7 A Brief Overview of Blockchain Algorithm and Its Impact upon Cloud-Connected Environment
Subhasish Mohapatra and Smita Parija
Chapter 8 Solidity Essentials
Parv Garg and Neeraj Khadse
Chapter 9 Installing Frameworks, Deploying, and Testing Smart Contracts in Ethereum Platform
Tushar Sharma
Chapter 10 Blockchain in Healthcare Sector
S. Porkodi and D. Kesavaraja
Chapter 11 Blockchain Theories and Its Applications
Jaipal Dhobale and Vaibhav Mishra
Chapter 12 Building Permissioned Blockchain Networks Using Hyperledger Fabric
K. Varaprasada Rao, Mutyala Sree Teja, P. Praneeth Reddy, and S. Saikrishna
Chapter 13 Fraud-Resistant Crowdfunding System Using Ethereum Blockchain
Sandeep Kumar Panda
Biography
Sandeep Kumar Panda, Ahmed A. Elngar, Valentina Emilia Balas, Mohammed Kayed
