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Blockchain For Dummies, 3rd Edition
by Tiana Laurence
Blockchain For Dummies, 3rd Edition
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Introduction
Part 1: Getting Started with Blockchain
Part 2: Developing Your Knowledge
Part 3: Powerful Blockchain Platforms
Part 4: Industry Impacts
Part 5: The Part of Tens
Index
About the Author
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End User License Agreement
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1: Getting Started with Blockchain
Chapter 1: Introducing Blockchain
Beginning at the Beginning: What Blockchains Are
The Structure of Blockchains
Blockchain Applications
The Blockchain Life Cycle
Consensus: The Driving Force of Blockchains
Blockchains in Use
Chapter 2: Picking a Blockchain
Where Blockchains Add Substance
Choosing a Solution
Chapter 3: Getting Your Hands on Blockchain
Diving into Blockchain Technology
Securing and Exchanging Your Cryptocurrency
Part 2: Developing Your Knowledge
Chapter 4: Beholding the Bitcoin Blockchain
Getting a Brief History of the Bitcoin Blockchain
The New Bitcoin: Bitcoin Cash
Debunking Some Common Bitcoin Misconceptions
Bitcoin: The New Wild West
Mining for Bitcoins
Making Your First Paper Wallet
Chapter 5: Encountering the Ethereum Blockchain
Exploring the Brief History of Ethereum
Ethereum: The Open-Source World Wide Computer
Hacking a Blockchain
Getting Up and Running on Ethereum
Building Your First Decentralized Autonomous Organization
Uncovering the Future of DAOs
Creating Your Own ERC20 Tokens
Chapter 6: Uncovering the Cardano Blockchain
Getting to Know Cardano
Understanding Ouroboros: Cardano’s Blockchain Consensus
Meeting ADA: The Native Token of Cardano
Building Smart Contracts with Marlowe
Chapter 7: Finding the Polkadot Blockchain
Understanding the Polkadot Ecosystem of Specialized Chains
Digging Deeper into Polkadot: The Blockchain of Blockchains
Getting Up and Running on Polkadot
Uncovering Governance on Polkadot
Nominating Your Validators
Chapter 8: Examining the Solana Blockchain
Uncovering Solana
Getting Up and Running on Solana
Building a DAO on Solana
Part 3: Powerful Blockchain Platforms
Chapter 9: Getting Your Hands on Hyperledger
Getting to Know Hyperledger
Identifying Key Hyperledger Projects
Working with Hyperledger Besu
Chapter 10: Applying Microsoft Azure
Bletchley: The Modular Blockchain Fabric
Building in the Azure Ecosystem
Deploying Blockchain Tools on Azure
Getting Started with Chain on Azure
Chapter 11: Getting Busy with IBM
IBM Blockchain Platform
Business Blockchain on Bluemix
Watson’s Smart Blockchain
Building Your Starter Network on Big Blue
Part 4: Industry Impacts
Chapter 12: Financial Technology
Hauling Out Your Crystal Ball: Future Banking Trends
Going International: Global Financial Products
Squeezing Out Fraud
Chapter 13: Real Estate
Eliminating Title Insurance
Mortgages in the Blockchain World
Forecasting Regional Trends
Chapter 14: Insurance
Precisely Tailoring Coverage
Witnessing for You: The Internet of Things
Taking Out the Third Party in Insurance
Chapter 15: Government
Global Regulatory Action
The Smart Cities of Asia
The Battle for the Financial Capital of the World
Securing the World’s Borders
Chapter 16: Other Industries
Lean Governments
The Trust Layer for the Internet
Oracle of the Blockchain
Part 5: The Part of Tens
Chapter 17: Ten (or So) Free Blockchain Resources
Ethereum
Got Minted
Blockchain University
Bitcoin Core
Blockchain Alliance
Multichain Blog
HiveMind
Smith + Crown
Unchained and Unconfirmed Podcasts
Chapter 18: Ten Rules to Never Break on the Blockchain
Don’t Use Cryptocurrency or Blockchains to Skirt the Law
Keep Your Contracts as Simple as Possible
Publish with Great Caution
Back Up, Back Up, Back Up Your Private Keys
Triple-Check the Address Before Sending Currency
Take Care When Using Exchanges
Beware Wi-Fi
Identify Your Blockchain Dev
Don’t Get Suckered
Don’t Trade Tokens Unless You Know What You’re Doing
Chapter 19: Ten Top Metaverse Projects
Decentraland
The Sandbox
Axie Infinity
MetaStreet
Enjin Coin
Metahero
Star Atlas
Bloktopia
Highstreet
Voxels
Index
About the Author
Advertisement Page
Connect with Dummies
End User License Agreement
List of Tables
Chapter 2
TABLE 2-1 Public versus Private Blockchain Uses
Chapter 10
TABLE 10-1 Cryptlets vs. Oracles
List of Illustrations
Chapter 1
FIGURE 1-1: The structure of the Bitcoin blockchain network.
FIGURE 1-2: How blockchains work.
FIGURE 1-3: The altcoin exchange platform.
Chapter 4
FIGURE 4-1: A Merkle tree.
FIGURE 4-2: A paper wallet.
Chapter 5
FIGURE 5-1: The world’s first immortal digital game, Etheria.
FIGURE 5-2: Ethereum.org blockchain application depiction.
FIGURE 5-3: The Code box.
Chapter 8
FIGURE 8-1: Decide whether to save a local copy of your wallet’s keypair file f...
Chapter 10
FIGURE 10-1: Blockstack Core v14.
FIGURE 10-2: A Cryptlet container.
Chapter 11
FIGURE 11-1: How IBM Bluemix and IoT are merged with IBM Watson.
FIGURE 11-2: How Bluemix integrates clients, peers, and IBM Watson.
FIGURE 11-3: The Watson/API/device flow.
Chapter 15
FIGURE 15-1: Singapore’s Smart Nation project.
Guide
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
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Index
About the Author
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