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Blockchain By Example

You're reading from   Blockchain By Example A developer's guide to creating decentralized applications using Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Hyperledger

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788475686
Length 528 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Xun (Brian) Wu Xun (Brian) Wu
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Richard Horrocks Richard Horrocks
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Say Hello to Blockchain FREE CHAPTER 2. Building a Bitcoin Payment System 3. Building Your Own Cryptocurrency 4. Peer-to-Peer Auctions in Ethereum 5. Tontine Game with Truffle and Drizzle 6. Blockchain-Based Futures System 7. Blockchains in Business 8. Creating an ICO 9. Distributed Storage IPFS and Swarm 10. Supply Chain on Hyperledger 11. Letter of Credit (LC) Hyperledger 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Background

Before kicking off the project, let me introduce the concept behind the game.

As this chapter's name suggests, we are going to build a Tontine game. The concept behind the weird word Tontine appeared at the end of 17th century. Initially, it represented a collective investment scheme plan, where each participant paid a sum into a fund and received dividends from the invested capital. But behind this simple idea, a weird rule is hidden: when a subscriber dies, their share is divided among the others and the last lucky survivor recovers the whole capital.

In our game, we will adapt this idea to our smart contract and gaming logic. Players will deposit funds in the game's smart contract to join the game. Afterwards, they should keep pinging it during a specific time interval to avoid being knocked out by other opponents. For instance, if anybody misses pinging...

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