Part I Blockchain basics – the mechanisms that make blockchain work

DOI: 10.4324/9781003321187-1

The first part of this book faces the challenge of introducing the concept of blockchain. Because of its novelty and multidisciplinary aspects, introducing blockchain to students is challenging, irrespective of their background, whether more technical or more business-oriented. In this book, we decided to tackle this challenge by (i) first presenting blockchain as a general mechanism, abstracting from any specific implementation of it, and (ii) separating the presentation of the blockchain mechanism from the technical details of the core technology enabling it, i.e., cryptographic tools. As a result, in the first part, you find three chapters ( ...

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