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Foundations of Blockchain

You're reading from   Foundations of Blockchain The pathway to cryptocurrencies and decentralized blockchain applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789139396
Length 372 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Koshik Raj Koshik Raj
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Preface 1. Introduction 2. A Bit of Cryptography FREE CHAPTER 3. Cryptography in Blockchain 4. Networking in Blockchain 5. Cryptocurrency 6. Diving into Blockchain - Proof of Existence 7. Diving into Blockchain - Proof of Ownership 8. Blockchain Projects 9. Blockchain Optimizations and Enhancements 10. Blockchain Security 11. When Shouldn't We Use Blockchain? 12. Blockchain Use Cases 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Quantum computing is an area of computing that deals with quantum theory. We know that every single outcome of any kind of computation is represented in 0s and 1s known as bits. Quantum computing, on the other hand, uses Qubits (quantum bits) instead of bits, that exhibits several states simultaneously rather than being mutually exclusive. This technological advancement could greatly influence performance in existing computing systems.

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