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Mastering Blockchain, Fourth Edition

You're reading from   Mastering Blockchain, Fourth Edition Inner workings of blockchain, from cryptography and decentralized identities, to DeFi, NFTs and Web3

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803241067
Length 818 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Imran Bashir Imran Bashir
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Preface 1. Blockchain 101 FREE CHAPTER 2. Decentralization 3. Symmetric Cryptography 4. Asymmetric Cryptography 5. Consensus Algorithms 6. Bitcoin Architecture 7. Bitcoin in Practice 8. Smart Contracts 9. Ethereum Architecture 10. Ethereum in Practice 11. Tools, Languages, and Frameworks for Ethereum Developers 12. Web3 Development Using Ethereum 13. The Merge and Beyond 14. Hyperledger 15. Tokenization 16. Enterprise Blockchain 17. Scalability 18. Blockchain Privacy 19. Blockchain Security 20. Decentralized Identity 21. Decentralized Finance 22. Blockchain Applications and What’s Next 23. Index

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Digital currencies were the first-ever application of blockchain technology, which arguably didn’t realize the technology’s full potential. Although Bitcoin, the first major blockchain conceptualization, was introduced in 2008, it was not until years later that blockchain technology’s possible applications beyond cryptocurrencies were realized. In 2010, the discussion started regarding BitDNS, a decentralized naming system for domains on the internet.

Then, Namecoin (https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Namecoin) was started in April 2011 with a different vision to Bitcoin, the sole purpose of which was to provision electronic cash. This can be considered the first example of blockchain usage other than purely as a cryptocurrency.

Next, in 2013, the first Initial Coin Offering (ICO), MasterCoin, emerged, which paved the way for more ICOs. After that, Ethereum’s ICO was hugely successful. With the availability of Ethereum in 2015, a general...

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