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Daniel Drescher, Blockchain Basics, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2604-9_1

1. Thinking in Layers and Aspects

Analyzing systems by separating them into layers and aspects

Daniel Drescher

(1)Frankfurt am Main, Germany

This step lays the foundation of our learning path through the blockchain by introducing a way to organize and standardize our communication about technology. This step explains how you can analyze a software system and why it is important to consider a software system as a composition of ­layers. Furthermore, this step illustrates what you can gain from considering ­different layers in a system and how this approach helps us to understand the ­blockchain. Finally, this step provides a short introduction to the concept of ...

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