ABSTRACT

In recent years, blockchain development has grown quickly from the original Bitcoin protocol to the second-generation Ethereum platform, and to today’s process of building third-generation blockchains. During this evolution, we can see how blockchain technology has evolved from its original form as a distributed database to becoming a fully fledged, globally distributed, cloud computing platform. This book traces the past, present, and future of blockchain technology.

  • Presents the knowledge and history of Bitcoin
  • Offers blockchain applications
  • Discusses developing working code for real-world blockchain applications
  • Includes many real-life examples
  • Covers the original Bitcoin protocol to the second-generation Ethereum platform

Bitcoin and Blockchain: History and Current Applications is a useful reference for students, business schools, research scholars, practitioners, and business analytics professionals.

chapter 1|21 pages

Bitcoin

A P2P Digital Currency

chapter 3|17 pages

Blockchain Technology

The Trust-Free Systems

chapter 5|14 pages

Blockchain

Introduction to the Technology behind Shared Information

chapter 8|22 pages

Solidity Essentials