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Hands-On IoT Solutions with Blockchain

You're reading from   Hands-On IoT Solutions with Blockchain Discover how converging IoT and blockchain can help you build effective solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789132243
Length 206 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Maximiliano Santos Maximiliano Santos
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Maximiliano Santos
Enio Moura Enio Moura
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Preface 1. Understanding IoT and Developing Devices on the IBM Watson IoT Platform FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating Your First IoT Solution 3. Explaining Blockchain Technology and Working with Hyperledger 4. Creating Your Own Blockchain Network 5. Addressing Food Safety - Building around the Blockchain 6. Designing the Solution Architecture 7. Creating Your Blockchain and IoT Solution 8. The IoT, Blockchain, and Industry 4.0 9. Best Practices for Developing Blockchain and IoT Solutions 10. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Q. Why use blockchain?

A. Blockchain provides trust and transparency to solve food chain challenges that have stymied supply chains; with the use of blockchain, you can access the benefits of the platform, such as these:

  • Trust and transparency
  • Choose who is acting and receiving information, as you need only one shared ledger for transactions
  • As the ledger is immutable, lack of confidence is no longer a problem, and participants can be sure of the origins and veracity of transactions
  • Quick and easy access to detailed end-to-end supply chain data
  • Minimize waste with better allocation of goods and products, based on data from the ecosystem

Blockchain gives participants the ability to share a ledger, which is updated through peer-to-peer replication every time a transaction occurs. Privacy services are used to ensure that participants see only the parts of the ledger...

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