Blockchain: A Practical Guide to Developing Business, Law, and Technology Solutions

by Paul R. Allen, Solomon Lederer, Rene Madsen, Michael Wuehler, Kedar Iyer

Overview

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Develop, validate, and deploy powerful decentralized applications using blockchain


Get the most out of cutting-edge blockchain technology using the hands-on information contained in this comprehensive resource. Written by a team of technology and legal experts, Blockchain: A Practical Guide to Developing Business, Law, and Technology Solutions demonstrates each topic through a start-to-finish, illustrated case study. The book includes financial, technology, governance, and legal use cases along with advantages and challenges. Validation, implementation, troubleshooting, and best practices are fully covered. You will learn, step-by-step, how to build and maintain effective, reliable, and transparent blockchain solutions.


•Understand the fundamentals of decentralized computing and blockchain
•Explore business, technology, governance, and legal use cases
•Review the evolving practice of law and technology as it concerns legal and governance issues arising from blockchain implementation
•Write and administer performant blockchain-enabled applications
•Handle cryptographic validation in private, public, and consortium blockchains
•Employ blockchain in cloud deployments and Internet of Things (IoT) devices
•Incorporate Web 3.0 features with Swarm, IPFS, Storj, Golem, and WHISPER
•Use Solidity to build and validate fully functional distributed applications and smart contracts using Ethereum
•See how blockchain is used in crypto-currency, including Bitcoin and Ethereum
•Overcome technical hurdles and secure your decentralized IT platform

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781260115871
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	02/16/2018
Edition description:	Student
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Joseph J. Bambara, Esq. CIPP/US, is a principal at UCNY, Inc., an international consulting firm. He has co-authored several books including OCM Java EE 6 Enterprise Architect Exam Guide, Third Edition.


Paul R. Allen is a principal of UCNY, Inc. He has co-authored several books, including OCM Java EE 6 Enterprise Architect Exam Guide.


Kedar Iyer is a software engineer who has workedwith satellite systems, autonomous robotics, and blockchain technologies.z

Rene Madsen is an Enterprise Solutions Architect and software developer with a deep knowledge of blockchain.


Solomon Lederer, Ph.D. is aFounder of blockmatics.techa blockchain training and consulting firm and has been working with and teachingblockchain technology and Ethereum since 2014.


Michael Wuehler is a Founder of Ethereum and INFURA. He is a Blockchain Evangelist at ConsenSys which is a leading blockchainventure production studio.

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to BlockChain
Chapter 2: Business Use Cases
Chapter 3: Technology Use Cases
Chapter 4: Governance Use Cases
Chapter 5: Technology on Ethereum
Chapter 6: FastTrack Application Tutorial
Chapter 7: Ethereum Application Best Practices
Chapter 8: Private Blockchain Platforms and Use Cases
Chapter 9: Challenges
Chapter 10: Sample Application: BlockChain and Betting
Chapter 11: Deploying the Sample Application: Blockchain and Betting