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Blockchain Quick Reference

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Length 350 pages
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Preface 1. Blockchain 101 2. Components and Structure of Blockchain FREE CHAPTER 3. Decentralization Versus Distributed Systems 4. Cryptography and Mechanics Behind Blockchain 5. Bitcoin 6. Altcoins 7. Achieving Consensus 8. Advanced Blockchain Concepts 9. Cryptocurrency Wallets 10. Alternate Blockchains 11. Hyperledger and Enterprise Blockchains 12. Ethereum 101 13. Solidity 101 14. Smart Contracts 15. Ethereum Development 16. Ethereum Accounts and Ether Tokens 17. Decentralized Applications 18. Mining 19. ICO 101 20. Creating Your Own Currency 21. Scalability and Other Challenges 22. Future of Blockchain 23. Other Books You May Enjoy

Algorithms

Bitcoin uses SHA-256, but there are various algorithms that can be used in PoW consensus types, and some of these algorithms are listed as follows and illustrated in the next screenshot:

  • base Quark: Dimecoin, AnimeCoin
  • CryptoNight: AeonCoin, Monero
  • Dagger-Hashimoto: Ethereum, Krypton
  • Equihash: Zcash, Komodo
  • Groestl: AidBit, GroestlCoin
  • Keccak: 365Coin, Wecoin
  • Lyra2RE: Lyrobar, MondaCoin
  • SHA-512: MemoryCoin, ProtoShares
  • NeoScrypt: Feathercoin, Ufocoin
  • NXT: CoinoIndex, SuperNet
  • Scrypt: Litecoin, Dogecoin
  • Scrypt-jane: QQcoin, ThorCoin
  • Scrypt-N: Caishen, Elacoin, GenesisCoin
  • Skein-SHA2: SkeinCoin, XedoCoin
  • X11: Dash, Chipcoin, Karmacoin
  • X13: Cloakcoin, Zipcoin, PioneerCoin
  • X15: CrystalCoin, Halcyon, HTML5coin
  • Yescrypt: BitZeny, GlobalBoostY

Each of these algorithms has had specific modifications over other algorithms.

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