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Blockchain, Bitcoin, and the Digital Economy
This book discusses fundamentals of blockchain technology, the issues in its development, potential applications, and its use in cryptocurrency. --
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomfield :
Mercury Learning & Information,
2022.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: What is Blockchain? -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Distributed Computing -- 1.3 Centralization vs. Decentralization -- 1.4 Permissioned vs. Permissionless -- 1.5 Bitcoin -- 1.6 Proliferation of Blockchain Technology -- 1.7 Initial Coin Offering (ICO) -- 1.8 Blockchain Platforms -- References -- Chapter 2: Bitcoin -- 2.1 Bitcoin Mining -- 2.2 How Does Bitcoin Work? -- 2.3 Digital Signature -- 2.4 Multisig -- 2.5 Bitcoin Wallets -- 2.6 Two-factor Authentication (2FA) -- 2.7 Hash -- 2.8 Merkle Tree and Block Header | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 2.9 Nonce -- 2.10 Bitcoin Supply -- 2.11 Bitcoin Addresses -- 2.12 Zero Knowledge Proof -- 2.13 Divisible Bitcoin -- References -- Chapter 3: Bitcoin Issues -- 3.1 Bitcoin Block Size -- 3.2 SegWit and the Change of Block Size -- 3.3 Bitcoin Split -- 3.4 Keep Your Coins Safe During Forking -- 3.5 Bitcoin and Decentralization -- 3.6 The Mt. Gox Incident -- 3.7 Full Nodes vs. Partial Nodes -- 3.8 Is Bitcoin Truly Anonymous? -- 3.9 Transaction Fees -- 3.10 Transaction Malleability -- 3.11 BIPs, Hard Forks, and Soft Forks -- 3.12 UASF and UAHF -- 3.13 Other Proposed Fixes -- 3.14 Government Attitude | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 3.15 The Future of Bitcoin -- References -- Chapter 4: Consensus Mechanisms -- 4.1 Proof of Work vs. Proof of Stake -- 4.2 PoW and PoS Hybrid -- 4.3 dBFT, an Alternative to PoW, and PoS -- 4.4 Paxos and Raft: Consensus Protocols for Distributed Systems -- 4.5 Proof of Concept -- References -- Chapter 5: Altcoins -- 5.1 Litecoins -- A Lighter Version of Bitcoin -- 5.2 Zcash -- A Token with Privacy -- 5.3 Ripple -- A Digital Equivalent of SWIFT -- 5.4 Ethereum: The Smart Contract Blockchain -- 5.5 DAO Hacks and Ethereum Forks -- 5.6 Legal Issues -- 5.7 Dapps -- Decentralized Apps | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 5.8 Create Your Own Coins Out of Bitcoin -- 5.9 Antshares or NEO -- A Multi-Use Token -- 5.10 Bridging Bitcoin & EVM -- 5.11 Asset Digitization -- 5.12 Stablecoins -- References -- Chapter 6: Mutual Distributed Ledgers and Digital Currency -- 6.1 Identity, Transaction, and Content MDLs -- 6.2 Identity MDLs -- 6.3 Tokenless MDLs -- 6.4 Building MDLs for Financial Services -- 6.5 Digital Currencies -- 6.6 The Indian Digital Currency Project -- 6.7 Chinese Digital Currency -- DCEP -- 6.8 Facebook Libra/Diem -- 6.9 Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) -- References -- Chapter 7: Blockchain Beyond Cryptocurrency | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 7.1 BigchainDB -- 7.2 Lightning Network -- 7.3 Corda -- 7.4 HydraChain -- 7.5 MultiChain -- 7.6 Quorum -- 7.7 Hyperledger -- 7.8 Decentralized Internet -- 7.9 Other Blockchain Platforms -- 7.10 Beyond Blockchain -- References -- Chapter 8: Industrial Applications for Blockchain -- 8.1 Insurance -- 8.2 Wealth Management -- 8.3 Defense -- 8.4 Healthcare -- 8.5 Food -- 8.6 Credit Rating -- 8.7 Data Management -- 8.8 Internet Security -- 8.9 Logistics -- 8.10 Global Trade, Supply Chains, and Other Areas -- References -- Chapter 9: Payment and Lending -- 9.1 Banking and Payment | |
| 500 | |a 9.2 Third-Party Payment Market | ||
| 520 | |a This book discusses fundamentals of blockchain technology, the issues in its development, potential applications, and its use in cryptocurrency. -- |c Edited summary from book. | ||
| 590 | |a ProQuest Ebook Central |b Ebook Central Academic Complete | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Money. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Virtual reality |x Economic aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Electronic commerce. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Réalité virtuelle |x Aspect économique. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Commerce électronique. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Electronic commerce |2 fast | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Money |2 fast | |
| 653 | |a Finance | ||
| 653 | |a Business & Economics | ||
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