Beginning Blockchain A Beginner’s Guide to Building Blockchain Solutions
Beginning Blockchain: A Beginner’s Guide to Building Blockchain Solutions by Bikramaditya Singhal, published by Apress on July 7, 2018, is a comprehensive introduction to the core concepts of blockchain technology. This 1st edition, consisting of 386 pages, provides readers with a technical perspective on blockchain, covering its various types, cryptographic fundamentals, and practical use cases. The book aims to equip readers with the knowledge needed to understand and build custom blockchain solutions tailored to specific applications.
Readers will find detailed explanations of how cryptocurrencies function, the essential technical components of blockchain, and the design considerations necessary for creating secure blockchain solutions. The content also explores different blockchain platforms, their appropriate use cases, and the current landscape of blockchain development. This guide is suitable for software developers, computer science graduates, and entrepreneurs who wish to deepen their understanding of blockchain fundamentals, assuming a basic familiarity with computer science concepts.
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Understand the nuts and bolts of Blockchain, its different flavors with simple use cases, and cryptographic fundamentals. You will also learn some design considerations that can help you build custom solutions.
Beginning Blockchain is a beginner’s guide to understanding the core concepts of Blockchain from a technical perspective. By learning the design constructs of different types of Blockchain, you will get a better understanding of building the best solution for specific use cases. The book covers the technical aspects of Blockchain technologies, cryptography, cryptocurrencies, and distributed consensus mechanisms. You will learn how these systems work and how to engineer them to design next-gen business solutions.
What You’ll Learn
- Get a detailed look at how cryptocurrencies work
- Understand the core technical components of Blockchain
- Build a secured Blockchain solution from cryptographic primitives
- Discover how to use different Blockchain platforms and their suitable use cases
- Know the current development status, scope, limitations, and future of Blockchain
Who This Book Is For
Software developers and architects, computer science graduates, entrepreneurs, and anyone wishing to dive deeper into blockchain fundamentals. A basic understanding of computer science, data structure, and algorithms is helpful.
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