January 2019
Beginner to intermediate
372 pages
11h 17m
English
Content preview from Foundations of Blockchain
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What this book covers
Chapter 1, Introduction, gives an overview of blockchain technology by exploring some of the basic topics, such as its definition and history, the motivation behind it, its characteristics, and the different types of blockchain.
Chapter 2, A Bit of Cryptography, explores the fundamentals of cryptography with regards to blockchain technology, along with a few practical examples.
Chapter 3, Cryptography in Blockchain, explains how blockchain technology makes use of cryptographic primitives, such as hash functions and digital signatures.
Chapter 4, Networking in Blockchain, introduces peer-to-peer networking concepts to achieve decentralization in the blockchain network. This chapter also covers how blockchain is maintained ...