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Blockchain for real world applications /

"Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is a technical infrastructure and protocol that allows simultaneous access, verification and updating of records in an irreversible manner over a network spanning multiple entities or locations. It can be a Blockchain, Directed Acylic Graph, Hashgraph, Holoc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garg, Rishabh (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2023.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Illustrations xix
  • Foreword xxv
  • Preface xxvii
  • 1 Introduction 1
  • 2 Distributed Ledger Technology 11
  • 2.1 Different Types of Distributed Ledger Technology 11
  • 2.2 Chronological Evolution 13
  • 2.3 Blockchain Architecture 15
  • 3 Blockchain Ecosystem 23
  • 3.1 Working of Blockchain 24
  • 3.2 Key Characteristics 29
  • 3.3 Unspent Transaction Output 30
  • 3.4 Classification of Blockchain on Access Management 30
  • 3.5 Consensus 32
  • 3.6 Payment Verification in Blockchain 37
  • 3.7 Hashgraph 39
  • 3.8 Scalability 40
  • 4 Transactions in Bitcoin Blockchain 43
  • 4.1 Coinbase Transactions 43
  • 4.2 Transactions Involving Fiat Currency 47
  • 4.3 Top Fiat Currencies for Bitcoin Transactions 50
  • 4.4 Price Determination for Bitcoin in Transactions 51
  • 4.5 Controlling Transaction Costs in Bitcoin 57
  • 5 Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric 67
  • 5.1 Early Attempts to Program Cryptocurrencies 68
  • 5.2 Smart Contracts 69
  • 5.3 Working of Ethereum 72
  • 5.4 Hyperledger 74
  • 5.5 Working of Hyperledger 74
  • 5.6 Ethereum Versus Hyperledger 79
  • 5.7 Decentralized Applications 81
  • 5.8 Tokens 84
  • 6 Identity as a Panacea for the Real World 87
  • 6.1 Identity Systems 87
  • 6.2 Centralized Model 92
  • 6.3 Cost and Benefits 100
  • 6.4 Quest for One World – One Identity 108
  • 7 Decentralized Identities 115
  • 7.1 Identity Models 115
  • 7.2 Block chain-based Solutions 117
  • 7.3 Identity Management 119
  • 7.4 Identity Storage Interplanetary File System 121
  • 7.5 Biometric Solutions 130
  • 7.6 Identity Access 139
  • 7.7 Merits of a Proposed System 141
  • 7.8 Disadvantages of the Proposed System 144
  • 7.9 Challenges 145
  • 7.10 Solutions with Hyperledger Fabric 146
  • 8 Encryption and Cybersecurity 151
  • 8.1 Cryptography 151
  • 8.2 Playfair Cipher 153
  • 8.3 Hill Cipher 167
  • 8.4 RSA Algorithm in Cryptography 171
  • 8.5 Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library 175
  • 8.6 SHA-512 Hash in Java 180
  • 8.7 Cybersecurity 183
  • 9 Data Management 193
  • 9.1 Data Science 193
  • 9.2 Education and Employment Verification 194
  • 9.3 Health Care 204
  • 9.4 Genomics 210
  • 9.5 Food Supply Chain 211
  • 9.6 Real Estate 213
  • 9.7 Crowd Operations 216
  • 10 Banking and Finance 227
  • 10.1 Banking and Investment 227
  • 10.2 Trade Finance 236
  • 10.3 Auction Process 248
  • 10.4 Decentralized Finance 263
  • 10.5 Prediction Markets 286
  • 11 Growing Landscape of Blockchain 297
  • 11.1 Blockchain Applications in Real World: An Overview 297
  • 11.2 e-Governance 297
  • 11.3 Supply Chain Management 305
  • 11.4 e-Commerce 310
  • 11.5 Distributed Resources and Internet of Things 317
  • 11.6 Decentralized Streaming 320
  • 12 Functional Mechanism 329
  • 12.1 Software Requirements 329
  • 12.2 Installing a Mobile Application 330
  • 12.3 Fetching or Uploading the Documents 331
  • 12.4 Government or Third-party Access 335
  • 12.5 Credibility Through Smart Contracts 336
  • 12.6 User-Optimized Features 337
  • Appendices 339
  • Glossary 347
  • Index 371.