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Blockchain across Oracle

You're reading from   Blockchain across Oracle Understand the details and implications of the Blockchain for Oracle developers and customers

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788474290
Length 530 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Robert van Molken Robert van Molken
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Table of Contents (24) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part I FREE CHAPTER
2. An Introduction to the Blockchain 3. How Blockchain Will Disrupt Your Organization 4. Part II
5. Blockchain 101 - Assets, Transactions, and Hashes 6. Blockchain 101 - Blocks, Chains, and Consensus 7. Blockchain 101 - Security, Privacy, and Smart Contracts 8. Understanding the Blockchain Data Flow 9. Public Versus Permissioned Blockchains and their Providers 10. Part III
11. Ethereum Versus Hyperledger 12. Building a Next-Generation Oracle B2B Platform 13. Introducing the Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service 14. Setting Up Your Permissioned Blockchain 15. Designing and Developing Your First Smart Contract 16. Deploying and Testing Your First Smart Contract 17. Configuring, Extending, and Monitoring Your Network 18. Part IV
19. Blockchain Across the Financial Services Industry 20. Blockchain Across the Transportation Industry 21. Blockchain Across the Healthcare Industry 22. Future Industry and Technology Directions 23. Other Books You May Enjoy

An Introduction to the Blockchain

This chapter serves as an introduction to the blockchain and its underlying technology. It requires minimal technical knowledge. It summarizes the content that you can expect to encounter in the upcoming chapters that go into greater depth. In this chapter, I will explain the blockchain technology is on a more architectural level, rather than describing every detail of each component or layer.

When you ask 10 people what they think the term blockchain means, you might not be surprised to get 10 different and conflicting answers, as use of the term blockchain can be a bit confusing. A lot of people connect it to Bitcoin (https://bitcoin.org/) or other virtual (crypto) currencies. Some people talk about the Ethereum Application Platform (https://ethereum.org), some about smart contracts (executable code), but most of the time, ...

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