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Learn Blockchain Programming with JavaScript

You're reading from   Learn Blockchain Programming with JavaScript Build your very own Blockchain and decentralized network with JavaScript and Node.js

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789618822
Length 252 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Eric Traub Eric Traub
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Table of Contents (10) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Setting up the Project 2. Building a Blockchain FREE CHAPTER 3. Accessing the Blockchain through an API 4. Creating a Decentralized Blockchain Network 5. Synchronizing the Network 6. Consensus Algorithms 7. Block Explorer 8. In conclusion... 9. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating a Decentralized Blockchain Network

In this chapter, let's focus on building a decentralized blockchain network. The way that our blockchain works right now is that we have a single blockchain, and the only way to access it is through the API: our single server. This server is very centralized, which is not beneficial because the API is in total control of the blockchain and the data that gets added to it.

In the real world, all blockchain technology is hosted across a decentralized network. In this chapter, that's what we're going to focus on building. We'll build a decentralized blockchain network by creating various instances of the API. Each of these instances of the API are going to be a network node in our blockchain network. All of these nodes will work together to host our blockchain.

In this way, it's not just a single network node that...

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