Beginning Blockchain : a beginner's guide to building Blockchain solutions /: a beginner's guide to building Blockchain solutions. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bikramaditya Singhal, Gautam Dhameja, Priyansu Sekhar Panda.
• Authors: Singhal, Bikramaditya; Dhameja, Gautam; Panda, Priyansu Sekhar
• Contents: Intro; Table of Contents; About the Authors; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Introduction to Blockchain; Backstory of Blockchain; What is Blockchain?; Centralized vs. Decentralized Systems; Centralized Systems; Decentralized Systems; Layers of Blockchain; Application Layer; Execution Layer; Semantic Layer; Propagation Layer; Consensus Layer; Why is Blockchain Important?; Limitations of Centralized Systems; Blockchain Adoption So Far; Blockchain Uses and Use Cases; Summary; References; Chapter 2: How Blockchain Works; Laying the Blockchain Foundation CryptographySymmetric Key Cryptography; Kerckhoff's Principle and XOR Function; Stream Ciphers vs. Block Cipher; One-Time Pad; Data Encryption Standard; Advanced Encryption Standard; Challenges in Symmetric Key Cryptography; Cryptographic Hash Functions; A Heads-up on Different Hash Functions; SHA-2; SHA-256 and SHA-512; RIPEMD; SHA-3; Applications of Hash Functions; Code Examples of Hash Functions; MAC and HMAC; Asymmetric Key Cryptography; RSA; Modular Arithmetic; Generation of Key Pairs; Encryption/Decryption Using Key Pair; Digital Signature Algorithm; Elliptic Curve Cryptography Elliptic Curve Digital Signature AlgorithmKey Generation; Signature Generation; Signature Verification; Code Examples of Assymetric Key Cryptography; Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange; Symmetric vs. Asymmetric Key Cryptography; Game Theory; Nash Equilibrium; Prisoner's Dilemma; Byzantine Generals' Problem; Zero-Sum Games; Why to Study Game Theory; Computer Science Engineering; The Blockchain; Merkle Trees; Example Code Snippet for Merkletree; Putting It All Together; Properties of Blockchain Solutions; Immutability; Forgery Resistant; Democratic; Double-Spend Resistant Consistent State of the LedgerResilient; Auditable; Blockchain Transactions; Distributed Consensus Mechanisms; Proof of Work; Proof of Stake; PBFT; Blockchain Applications; Scaling Blockchain; Off-Chain Computation; Sharding Blockchain State; Summary; References; Chapter 3: How Bitcoin Works; The History of Money; Dawn of Bitcoin; What Is Bitcoin?; Working with Bitcoins; The Bitcoin Blockchain; Block Structure; Merkle Tree; Difficulty Target; The Genesis Block; The Bitcoin Network; Network Discovery for a New Node; Bitcoin Transactions; Consensus and Block Mining; Block Propagation Putting It all TogetherBitcoin Scripts; Bitcoin Transactions Revisited; Scripts; Full Nodes vs. SPVs; Full Nodes; SPVs; Bitcoin Wallets; Summary; References; Chapter 4: How Ethereum Works; From Bitcoin to Ethereum; Ethereum as a Next-Gen Blockchain; Design Philosophy of Ethereum; Enter the Ethereum Blockchain; Ethereum Blockchain; Ethereum Accounts; Advantages of UTXOs; Advantages of Accounts; Account State; Trie Usage; Merkle Patricia Tree; RLP Encoding; Ethereum Transaction and Message Structure; Ethereum State Transaction Function; Gas and Transaction Cost; Ethereum Smart Contracts
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Apress
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv 386 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 005.758; Computer science; Blockchains (Databases); COMPUTERS / Databases / General; Blockchains (Databases); Computer Science; Database Management; Big Data; Computer Applications; Computers -- Database Management -- General; Computers -- Data Processing; Databases; Information technology: general issues; Database management; Big data; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484234440; 1484234448; 9781484234433
• Related ISBNs: 9781484234433; 148423443X; 148423443X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 13, 2018).
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