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The Blockchain Developer: A Practical Guide for Designing, Implementing, Publishing, Testing, and Securing Distributed Blockchain-based Projects

Name: The Blockchain Developer: A Practical Guide for Designing, Implementing, Publishing, Testing, and Securing Distributed Blockchain-based Projects
Author: Elad Elrom
ISBN: 9781484248478

by Elad Elrom

July 2019

Intermediate to advanced

527 pages

9h 16m

English

Apress

Content preview from The Blockchain Developer: A Practical Guide for Designing, Implementing, Publishing, Testing, and Securing Distributed Blockchain-based Projects

Elad ElromThe Blockchain Developerhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4847-8_11

11. Security and Compliance

Elad Elrom¹

(1)

New York, NY, USA

As you have seen, most blockchains are decentralized, and the identity of each party is normally protected; however, most blockchain-related code involves storing some confidential data such as a user’s personal information, passwords, cryptocurrency, and wallets.

Blockchain-related code has characteristics that make it a magnet for hackers.

The code is usually open source for transparency and to promote contributors.
Much of the code out there is not mature enough to be considered release grade.
In cryptocurrency-related blockchains, losing data can mean more than just a mere privacy breach. Once ...

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