Emerging trends

Blockchain technology is in a period of rapid change and intense development, due to the deep interest in it by the academic and commercial sectors. As the technology has become more mature, a few trends have started to emerge. For example, private blockchains have recently gained a lot of attention due to their specific use cases in finance organizations. Similarly, enterprise blockchains aim to develop blockchain solutions that meet enterprise-level efficiency, security, and integration requirements. For an in-depth exploration of the technical details and features of some alternative blockchains, and their relevant platforms, take a look at this book's bonus online content pages here: https://static.packt-cdn.com/downloads/Altcoins_Ethereum_Projects_and_More_Bonus_Content.pdf. These are out of the scope of this chapter, but it is highly recommended to access these pages to explore some recent blockchain solutions in more detail. Now, some of the broader trends...