Название: Bitcoin and Blockchain: History and Current Applications (Internet of Everything (IoE))
Автор: Sandeep Kumar Panda, Ahmed A. Elngar, Valentina Emilia Balas
Издательство: CRC Press
Год: 2021
Страниц: 297
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 10.1 MB

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.

A blockchain network is a peer-to-peer network and does not require a central authority or trusted intermediaries to authenticate or settle the transactions. The first generation of blockchain network was coined by Satoshi Nakamoto in his 2008 white paper where the primary application of the blockchain network was the use of electronic cash or cryptocurrency called Bitcoin. The second-generation blockchain network called Ethereum was introduced in 2013. Ethereum allows a single programmable blockchain network to be used for developing different types of applications where each application takes the form of a smart contract which is implemented in a high-level language and deployed on the blockchain network.

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.