Introducing Ethereum and Solidity: Foundations of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Programming for Beginners

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9. Creating Private Chains

Contrary to what public-chain enthusiasts argue, private chains do have merit as learning tools, and may ultimately have uses for large corporations, nation-states, or nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). However, it should be said that blockchains are not inherently better for all databases and networks

Chris Dannen¹ 

(1)Brooklyn, New York, USA

In the last few chapters, we’ve focused on deploying smart contracts, dapps, and tokens. In this chapter, we’ll engage in a brief discussion of blockchains as databases to more thoroughly understand how the chains themselves are deployed.

Private and Permissioned Chains

A private chain ...