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Blockchain For Dummies, 3rd Edition
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Blockchain For Dummies, 3rd Edition

by Tiana Laurence
April 2023
Beginner
272 pages
6h 28m
English
For Dummies
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Index

A

  • accounts, on Solana, 112
  • Accumulate network, 14–15
  • Acolyte service (Factom), 214
  • Active Directory (AD), Azure, 144
  • ADA cryptocurrency
    • buying and selling, 86–87
    • incentive mechanism, 89
    • Ouroboros PoS protocol features, 86
    • overview, 86
    • pledging, 87
    • setting up system for staking, 89–92
    • stake pools, 87–89
    • wallets for, 89–92
  • Ancun Zhengxin Co., 210
  • anti-money laundering (AML) regulations, 58, 79, 165, 167, 195
  • artificial intelligence (AI), 149, 156–158
  • artist use of blockchain, 213–215
  • Asia, smart cities of, 195–199
  • assets, digital, 37–39, 58
  • audit trails, 166–167
  • auditing blockchain technology, 171–172
  • Augur, 214
  • authentication, Cryptlets for, 138–140
  • authorship, trusted, 213–214
  • Axie Infinity, 235
  • AZA Finance, 170, 181
  • Azure. See Microsoft Azure
  • Azure Quickstart Templates (Microsoft), 142
  • Azure Resource Manager (Microsoft), 142
  • Azure Stack program (Microsoft), 142

B

  • backing up private keys, 227–228
  • backup seeds, 31–32, 34–36, 91
  • bank transfers, 166
  • banking trends, future, 163–167
  • Behlendorf, Brian, 126
  • Besu (Hyperledger), 133–136
  • big data, 189, 198–199
  • biographical identity, 205
  • BitAddress paper wallet generator, 53–54
  • Bitcoin
    • adoption by governments, 194
    • BitGo wallet, 228
    • block size limit debate, 46–47
    • border-free payroll, 169
    • consensus, 16
    • controversy related to, 48
    • Ethereum development and, 56
    • history of, 14, 44
    • HiveMind, 222
    • limitations of, 47
    • mining for, 51–52
    • misconceptions about, 48–49
    • overview, 43
    • paper wallet, making, 52–54
    • purchasing, 32
    • scams related ...
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