Blockchain Enabled Applications - Understand the Blockchain Ecosystem and How to Make it Work for You (2nd Edition)

Work with blockchain and understand its potential application beyond cryptocurrencies in the domains of healthcare, Internet of Things, finance, decentralized organizations, and open science. Featuring case studies and practical insights generated from a start-up spun off from the author's own...

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Hlavní autoři: Dhillon, Vikram (Research fellow), Metcalf, David (David S.), Hooper, Max (CEO of Merging Traffic)
Médium: E-kniha Kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Berkeley, CA Apress, an imprint of Springer Nature 2021
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  • Title Page Introduction Table of Contents 1. Behold the Dreamers 2. The Gold Rush: Mining Bitcoin 3. Foundations of a Blockchain 4. Unpacking Ethereum 5. Decentralized Organizations 6. The DAO Hacked 7. High-Performance Computing 8. Blockchain in Science 9. Blockchain in Healthcare 10. Lean Blockchain 11. Blockchain 3.0 12. Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital Markets 13. Building a Healthcare Consortium 14. Blockchain-as-a-Service 15. Rise of Blockchain Consortia 16. The Art of the Newly Possible: Transforming Health with Emerging Technology and Federated Learning 17. Formal Blockchain Research and Education 18. Blockchain Simulation Appendix A: References Index
  • Azure Blockchain Service -- Azure Blockchain Workbench -- Azure Blockchain Development Kit -- Amazon Web Services -- Ease of Setup (taken from Amazon Managed Blockchain documentation) -- Security (taken from Amazon Managed Blockchain documentation) -- Immutable Ordering Service (taken from Amazon Managed Blockchain docs) -- Oracle -- Maintenance (taken from Oracle Support Documentation) -- Identity (taken from Oracle Support Documentation) -- Backups (taken from Oracle Support Documentation) -- Kaleido -- Network Governance (taken from Kaleido blog on BaaS) -- High Availablility and Disaster Recovery (taken from Kaleido blog on BaaS) -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 15: Rise of Blockchain Consortia -- Chapter 16: The Art of the Newly Possible: Transforming Health with Emerging Technology and Federated Learning -- Introduction -- Blockchain and Tokenization -- Decentralized Artificial Intelligence (AI) -- Privacy in Depth -- Source and Derived Health Data -- Federated Learning -- Conclusion -- Chapter 17: Formal Blockchain Research and Education -- Chapter 18: Blockchain Simulation -- Scope -- Appendix A: References -- Index
  • Intro -- Table of Contents -- About the Authors -- About the Technical Reviewer -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Behold the Dreamers -- Paradigm Shift -- Technology Stack -- Summary -- Chapter 2: The Gold Rush: Mining Bitcoin -- Reaching Consensus -- Mining Hardware -- Startup Stories -- New Consensus -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 3: Foundations of a Blockchain -- Transaction Workflow -- Components of Transaction List -- Simple Payment Verification (SPV) -- Blockchain Forks -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 4: Unpacking Ethereum -- Overview of Ethereum -- Accounts in Ethereum -- State, Storage, and Gas -- Ethereum Virtual Machine -- Solidity and Vyper Programming Languages -- Developer Resources -- World Computer Model -- Layer 2 Upgrades -- Sharding -- Beacon Chain -- Managing Validators -- Block Proposers -- Committees -- Rewards and Penalties -- State Channels -- Plasma -- Blockchain-as-a-Service -- Decentralized Applications -- Geth and Mist -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 5: Decentralized Organizations -- Aragon Stack and Aragon Network Token (ANT) -- Aragon for Social Good: Fundraising App -- Identity Management Use Case -- DAO/Company Walkthrough -- Topic 1: Setting Up the DAO Environment -- Topic 2: Setting Up the DAO -- Topic 3: DAO Apps and Permissions -- Tokens App -- Voting App -- Finance App -- App Permissions -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 6: The DAO Hacked -- Introduction -- The Team -- The DAO -- The ICO Highlights -- The Hack -- The Debate -- The Split: ETH and ETC -- The Future -- Summary -- Chapter 7: High-Performance Computing -- Tokens and Value Creation -- Ethereum Computational Market (ECM) -- Golem Network -- Application Registry -- Transaction Framework -- SONM (Supercomputer Organized by Network Mining) -- Buyer-Hub-Miner Interactions
  • Superglobal Operation System for Network Architecture (SOSNA) -- iEx.ec -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 8: Blockchain in Science -- Reproducibility Crisis -- Clinical Trials -- Reputation System -- Pharmaceutical Drug Tracking -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Blockchain in Healthcare -- Outlook -- Payer-Provider-Patient Model -- Patient Workflow -- Hot Switching -- Physician Credentialing -- Waste Management: Capital One, Ark Invest, Gem -- Verifiable Data Audit -- Verifiable Data Audit for DeepMind Health -- The Technical Challenges Ahead -- Building in the Open -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 10: Lean Blockchain -- Lean Methodology -- Business-Model Canvas -- Do You Need a Blockchain? -- The Hyperledger Project -- Hyperledger Fabric -- Hyperledger Burrow -- Hyperledger Indy -- Hyperledger Sawtooth -- Hyperledger Grid -- Hyperledger Iroha -- Hyperledger Besu -- Rapid Prototyping with Hyperledger Composer -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 11: Blockchain 3.0 -- EOS Blockchain -- Delegated Proof-of-Stake (DPoS) -- Parallel Execution -- Scheduling -- Chain Core -- Enterprise Ethereum -- Quorum Tech Stack -- zk-SNARKs -- Review of Quorum Whitepaper -- Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Roadmap -- R3 and Corda -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 12: Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital Markets -- State of the Blockchain Industry -- Blockchain Solution -- Venture Capital and ICOs -- Initial Coin Offerings -- Digital Currency Exchanges -- Status of ICO Regulation -- Pros and Cons of ICO Investments -- Regulation Technology: RegChain -- New Blockchain Companies and Ideas -- Homechain and SALT -- Ambrosus, Numerai, and SWARM -- Stellar -- Democratizing Investment Opportunities -- Regulatory Updates in 2020 -- DeFi -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Building a Healthcare Consortium -- Chapter 14: Blockchain-as-a-Service -- Service Providers -- Microsoft Azure