Blockchain For Dummies, 2ed
ISBN: 9788126527755
264 pages
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Description
Blockchain has become the buzzword in the world of financial technology and transaction security. Blockchain For Dummies provides a fast way to catch up with the essentials of this quickly evolving tech. Written by an author involved in founding and analyzing blockchain technologies, this book serves to help those who need to understand what a blockchain can do (and can't do), how it drives the world of smart contracts and cryptocurrencies, and how blockchain is disrupting huge industries.
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1: Getting Started with Blockchain
Chapter 1: Introducing Blockchain
- Beginning at the Beginning: What Blockchains are
- What blockchains do
- Why blockchains matter
- The Structure of Blockchains
- Blockchain Applications
- The Blockchain Life Cycle
- Consensus: The Driving Force of Blockchains
- Blockchains in Use
- Current blockchain uses
- Future blockchain applications
Chapter 2: Picking a Blockchain
- Where Blockchains Add Substance
- Determining your needs
- Defining your goal
- Choosing a Solution
- Drawing a blockchain decision tree
- Making a plan
Chapter 3: Getting Your Hands on Blockchain
- Diving into Blockchain Technology
- Creating a secure environment
- Buying your first Bitcoin
- Securing and Exchanging Your Cryptocurrency
- Downloading Jaxx
- Securing your Jaxx wallet
- Transferring Bitcoin to Jaxx
- Trading Bitcoin for Ether
- Loading up your MetaMask account
- Setting up a CryptoKitties account
- Building a Private Blockchain with Docker and Ethereum
- Preparing your computer
- Building your blockchain
Part 2: Developing Your Knowledge
Chapter 4: Beholding the Bitcoin Blockchain
- Getting a Brief History of the Bitcoin Blockchain
- The New Bitcoin: Bitcoin Cash
- Debunking Some Common Bitcoin Misconceptions
- Bitcoin: The New Wild West
- Fake sites
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