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Mastering Blockchain

You're reading from   Mastering Blockchain A deep dive into distributed ledgers, consensus protocols, smart contracts, DApps, cryptocurrencies, Ethereum, and more

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839213199
Length 816 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Imran Bashir Imran Bashir
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Preface 1. Blockchain 101 2. Decentralization FREE CHAPTER 3. Symmetric Cryptography 4. Public Key Cryptography 5. Consensus Algorithms 6. Introducing Bitcoin 7. The Bitcoin Network and Payments 8. Bitcoin Clients and APIs 9. Alternative Coins 10. Smart Contracts 11. Ethereum 101 12. Further Ethereum 13. Ethereum Development Environment 14. Development Tools and Frameworks 15. Introducing Web3 16. Serenity 17. Hyperledger 18. Tokenization 19. Blockchain – Outside of Currencies 20. Enterprise Blockchain 21. Scalability and Other Challenges 22. Current Landscape and What's Next 23. Index

Currently available enterprise blockchains

As this is a very ripe area for research, and indeed the market is very active in this space, there have been several enterprises blockchain solutions developed and made available in the last few years. Notably, the year 2019 has been called "the year of the enterprise blockchain" as many startups and enterprises focused on this area emerged.

In this section, we will not cover all these platforms in detail, but will provide a brief introduction and links to more details on these chains.

Corda

Corda is an open source distributed ledger platform intended for businesses. It supports privacy and assured identity, making it scalable and interoperable. We'll explore Corda in more detail later in this chapter.

Quorum

Quorum is an open source enterprise blockchain platform. It aims to support enterprise business needs and allows a business to achieve business goals (and unlock economic value) by leveraging blockchain...

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