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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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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER 2. A Bit of Cryptography 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

Summary

This chapter has provided insight into the strategies to use when deciding whether to develop a decentralized application. A comparison was drawn between distributed databases and the blockchain-based DLT to explore the properties of blockchain. Centralized and decentralized application architectures were covered in depth to explain when a blockchain-based architecture adds value. We also explored several key properties of blockchain architectures in order to give the readers the essence of blockchain. Finally, we explored some decision models that evaluate the suitability of blockchain for certain use cases that were explored.

Now that we are able to distinguish between a blockchain and a non-blockchain use cases with the help of decision models, we'll move on to discuss several financial and non-financial blockchain use cases by pointing out the issues in the current...

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