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Mastering Blockchain

You're reading from   Mastering Blockchain Distributed ledger technology, decentralization, and smart contracts explained

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788839044
Length 656 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Imran Bashir Imran Bashir
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Preface 1. Blockchain 101 FREE CHAPTER 2. Decentralization 3. Symmetric Cryptography 4. Public Key Cryptography 5. Introducing Bitcoin 6. Bitcoin Network and Payments 7. Bitcoin Clients and APIs 8. Alternative Coins 9. Smart Contracts 10. Ethereum 101 11. Further Ethereum 12. Ethereum Development Environment 13. Development Tools and Frameworks 14. Introducing Web3 15. Hyperledger 16. Alternative Blockchains 17. Blockchain – Outside of Currencies 18. Scalability and Other Challenges 19. Current Landscape and What's Next 20. Another Book You May Enjoy

Projects under Hyperledger

There are two categories of projects under Hyperledger. The first is blockchain projects and the second category is relevant tools or modules that support these blockchains.

Currently, there are five blockchain framework projects under the Hyperledger umbrella: Fabric, Sawtooth Lake, Iroha, Burrow, and Indy. Under modules, there are the Hyperledger Cello, Hyperledger Composer, Hyperledger Explorer, and Hyperledger Quilt. The Hyperledger project currently has more than 200-member organizations and is very active with many contributors, with regular meet-ups and talks organized around the globe.

A brief introduction of all these projects follows, after which we will see more details around the design, architecture, and implementation of Fabric and Sawtooth Lake.

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