Blockchain: An Illustrated Guidebook to Understanding Blockchain

by Xu Mingxing, Ying Tian

Overview

“The popularization of the Blockchain concept and successful application of Blockchain require an active engagement of the new generation of entrepreneurs and the tolerance and care of supervisors....I hope we can work together to lay a solid foundation for the Blockchain society.”—Wang Wei, Chairman, China Finance Museum, from his Foreword

Blockchain should be easy to understand, but the so-called “experts” always explain it in such a complicated way! Through 200 original illustrations, this book provides simple explanation of Blockchain technology: what Blockchain is and how it works. This book will help you, understand everything about Blockchain. The Table of Contents includes:

• The Origin,
• The Theory,
• The People,
• The Application,
• Th Equipment.

Topics cover include finance, internet management, energy, government, copyright, and more. The Appendix offers additional material, including, “What Is It Like to Be a COOO in a Blockchain Startup?” and “It Might Take 100 Picassos to Help You Understand the Abstract Nature of Blockchain.”

This is essential reading for everyone in the field, or thinking of getting into the high stakes world of Blockchain.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510744844
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	11/27/2018
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Star Xu is the president of OK blockchain engineering academy, the vice president of the global blockchain business council in china, the chairman of china block chain application research center, and former CTO of docin.com and development engineer of Yahoo.

Ying Tian is the director of the OK blockchain capital. Previously, Tian served on the board of many listed companies including Yiche.com, Elong and Shanghai Zendai group, before co-founding the Financial Technology Enterprise.

Jiyue Li is the chief researcher of OK blockchain engineering academy. Li previously served in many listed companies, such as rong360.com and jrj.com.

Jie Liu is the chief scientist of OK blockchain engineering academy, and is the leading expert in computer viruses and network security in China. He is the former national network security adviser to the Chinese government.

Table of Contents

Preface Wang Wei v

Introductiony Guo Yuhang xiii

Chapter 1 The Origins of Blockchain 1

The Evolution of the Ledger: The Rise and Fall of the Account Book 2

Value Transfer: What to Expect after the Internet 9

Credit Cost: How Many Faces Can You Remember? 13

Technical Innovation: From Bitcoin to Blockchain 20

Chapter 2 The Theory 25

What is Blockchain? 26

How Does Blockchain Work? 41

Blockchain's Underlying Structure 80

Chapter 3 The people 107

Eternal Legend: 99 Speculations about Satoshi Nakamoto 108

When Nick Szabo Was "Hit" by Vending Machines 113

Female Leaders with Wall Street Backgrounds in the Blockchain Community 118

The Man Writing Columns for the New York Times 120

A Big Fish Who Wants to Invest in All Digital Currencies 125

Chapter 4 The Application 129

Finance 130

Internet Management 139

Energy 145

Government 150

Health Care 159

Copyright 164

IoT 169

Agriculture 175

Charity 181

Blockchain Plus Others 184

Chapter 5 The Equipment 189

A Brief History of Bitcoin: Origin and Future 190

Blockchain Terms: A Must-Have Manual for Everyone 209

Appendix 217

What Is It Like to Be a COO in a Blockchain Startup? 217

Do All Technology Experts in Blockchain Companies Dream of Changing the World? 219

It Might Take 100 Picassos to Help You Understand the Abstract Nature of Blockchain! 223

What Crazy Things Have We Done to Promote the Then-Unknown Blockchain? 225

Acknowledgments 229