Unravel the mysteries of blockchains
Blockchain technologies are disrupting some of the world's biggest industries. Blockchain For Dummies provides a fast way to catch up with the essentials of this quickly evolving tech. Written by an author involved in founding and analyzing blockchain solutions, this book serves to help those who need to understand what a blockchain can do (and can't do).
This revised edition walks you through how a blockchainsecurely records data across independent networks. It offers a tour of some of the world's best-known blockchains, including those that power Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. It also provides a glance at how blockchain solutions are affecting the worlds of finance, supply chain management, insurance, and governments.
* Get a clear picture of what a blockchain can do
* Learn how blockchains rule cryptocurrency and smart contracts
* Discover current blockchains and how each of them work
* Test blockchain apps
Blockchain has become the critical buzzword in the world of financial technology and transaction security -- and now you can make sense of it with the help of this essential guide.
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1 - Title Page [Seite 5]
2 - Copyright Page [Seite 6]
3 - Table of Contents [Seite 9]
4 - Introduction [Seite 15]
4.1 - About This Book [Seite 15]
4.2 - Foolish Assumptions [Seite 16]
4.3 - Icons Used in This Book [Seite 16]
4.4 - Beyond the Book [Seite 17]
4.5 - Where to Go from Here [Seite 17]
5 - Part 1 Getting Started with Blockchain [Seite 19]
5.1 - Chapter 1 Introducing Blockchain [Seite 21]
5.1.1 - Beginning at the Beginning: What Blockchains Are [Seite 21]
5.1.1.1 - What blockchains do [Seite 22]
5.1.1.2 - Why blockchains matter [Seite 23]
5.1.2 - The Structure of Blockchains [Seite 24]
5.1.3 - Blockchain Applications [Seite 26]
5.1.4 - The Blockchain Life Cycle [Seite 26]
5.1.5 - Consensus: The Driving Force of Blockchains [Seite 27]
5.1.6 - Blockchains in Use [Seite 29]
5.1.6.1 - Current blockchain uses [Seite 30]
5.1.6.2 - Future blockchain applications [Seite 30]
5.2 - Chapter 2 Picking a Blockchain [Seite 33]
5.2.1 - Where Blockchains Add Substance [Seite 33]
5.2.1.1 - Determining your needs [Seite 34]
5.2.1.2 - Defining your goal [Seite 35]
5.2.2 - Choosing a Solution [Seite 36]
5.2.2.1 - Drawing a blockchain decision tree [Seite 37]
5.2.2.2 - Making a plan [Seite 38]
5.3 - Chapter 3 Getting Your Hands on Blockchain [Seite 41]
5.3.1 - Diving into Blockchain Technology [Seite 42]
5.3.1.1 - Creating a secure environment [Seite 42]
5.3.1.2 - Buying your first Bitcoin [Seite 45]
5.3.2 - Securing and Exchanging Your Cryptocurrency [Seite 46]
5.3.2.1 - Downloading Jaxx [Seite 47]
5.3.2.2 - Securing your Jaxx wallet [Seite 47]
5.3.2.3 - Transferring Bitcoin to Jaxx [Seite 48]
5.3.2.4 - Trading Bitcoin for Ether [Seite 49]
5.3.2.5 - Loading up your MetaMask account [Seite 49]
5.3.2.6 - Setting up a CryptoKitties account [Seite 50]
5.3.3 - Building a Private Blockchain with Docker and Ethereum [Seite 52]
5.3.3.1 - Preparing your computer [Seite 53]
5.3.3.2 - Building your blockchain [Seite 55]
6 - Part 2 Developing Your Knowledge [Seite 57]
6.1 - Chapter 4 Beholding the Bitcoin Blockchain [Seite 59]
6.1.1 - Getting a Brief History of the Bitcoin Blockchain [Seite 60]
6.1.2 - The New Bitcoin: Bitcoin Cash [Seite 62]
6.1.3 - Debunking Some Common Bitcoin Misconceptions [Seite 64]
6.1.4 - Bitcoin: The New Wild West [Seite 65]
6.1.4.1 - Fake sites [Seite 66]
6.1.4.2 - No, you first! [Seite 66]
6.1.4.3 - Get-rich-quick schemes [Seite 66]
6.1.5 - Mining for Bitcoins [Seite 67]
6.1.6 - Making Your First Paper Wallet [Seite 68]
6.2 - Chapter 5 Encountering the Ethereum Blockchain [Seite 71]
6.2.1 - Exploring the Brief History of Ethereum [Seite 72]
6.2.2 - Ethereum: The Open-Source World Wide Computer [Seite 73]
6.2.2.1 - Decentralized applications: Welcome to the future [Seite 74]
6.2.2.2 - The power of decentralized autonomous organizations [Seite 75]
6.2.3 - Hacking a Blockchain [Seite 78]
6.2.3.1 - Understanding smart contracts [Seite 78]
6.2.3.2 - Discovering the cryptocurrency Ether [Seite 79]
6.2.4 - Getting Up and Running on Ethereum [Seite 79]
6.2.4.1 - Mining for ether [Seite 80]
6.2.4.2 - Setting up your Ethereum wallet [Seite 80]
6.2.5 - Building Your First Decentralized Autonomous Organization [Seite 81]
6.2.5.1 - Test net and congress [Seite 82]
6.2.5.2 - Governance and voting [Seite 83]
6.2.6 - Uncovering the Future of DAOs [Seite 83]
6.2.6.1 - Putting money in a DAO [Seite 84]
6.2.6.2 - Building smarter smart contracts [Seite 84]
6.2.6.3 - Finding bugs in the system [Seite 85]
6.2.7 - Creating Your Own ERC20 Tokens [Seite 85]
6.2.7.1 - Seeing up your GitHub account [Seite 85]
6.2.7.2 - Requesting KETH on the Gitter Faucet [Seite 86]
6.2.7.3 - Creating your tokens [Seite 87]
6.3 - Chapter 6 Riding the Waves Blockchain [Seite 91]
6.3.1 - Seeing How the Waves Blockchain Differs from Other Blockchains [Seite 92]
6.3.2 - Unleashing the Full Power of Waves [Seite 93]
6.3.2.1 - Setting up your Waves wallet [Seite 94]
6.3.2.2 - Backing up your wallet [Seite 94]
6.3.3 - Uncovering Your Wallet's Features [Seite 95]
6.3.3.1 - Transferring crypto assets [Seite 96]
6.3.3.2 - Using a decentralized exchange [Seite 96]
6.3.4 - Creating and Leasing Out Your Own Cryptocurrency [Seite 99]
6.4 - Chapter 7 Finding the Factom Blockchain [Seite 101]
6.4.1 - A Matter of Trust [Seite 102]
6.4.1.1 - The purpose of the Factom blockchain: Publishing anything [Seite 103]
6.4.1.2 - Incentives of federation [Seite 104]
6.4.2 - Building on Factom [Seite 107]
6.4.2.1 - Authenticating documents and building identities using APIs [Seite 107]
6.4.2.2 - Getting to know the Factoid: Not a normal cryptocurrency [Seite 107]
6.4.2.3 - Anchoring your application [Seite 108]
6.4.2.4 - Publishing on Factom [Seite 108]
6.4.2.5 - Building transparency in the mortgage industry [Seite 110]
6.4.2.6 - Verifying physical documents: dLoc with Factom [Seite 112]
6.5 - Chapter 8 Examining the EOS Blockchain [Seite 115]
6.5.1 - Getting Familiar with EOS [Seite 116]
6.5.1.1 - New mining versus old mining [Seite 118]
6.5.1.2 - The 21 block producers [Seite 118]
6.5.2 - Setting Up EOS Voting for Block Producers [Seite 119]
6.5.2.1 - Setting up the Greymass voting tool [Seite 120]
6.5.2.2 - Voting for a block producer [Seite 121]
6.5.3 - Introducing the EOS Decentralized Application Collection [Seite 122]
6.5.3.1 - Everipedia: The next-generation encyclopedia [Seite 122]
6.5.3.2 - Decentralized EOS games [Seite 123]
7 - Part 3 Powerful Blockchain Platforms [Seite 125]
7.1 - Chapter 9 Getting Your Hands on Hyperledger [Seite 127]
7.1.1 - Getting to Know Hyperledger [Seite 128]
7.1.2 - Identifying Key Hyperledger Projects [Seite 129]
7.1.2.1 - Focusing on Fabric [Seite 129]
7.1.2.2 - Investigating the Iroha project [Seite 129]
7.1.2.3 - Diving into Sawtooth Lake [Seite 131]
7.1.3 - Building Your System in Fabric [Seite 133]
7.1.3.1 - Building asset tracking with Hyperledger Composer [Seite 133]
7.1.4 - Working with Smart Contracts on Hyperledger [Seite 137]
7.1.4.1 - Step 1: Setting up an auction network [Seite 137]
7.1.4.2 - Step 2: Setting up auction windows [Seite 138]
7.1.4.3 - Step 3: Creating an auctioneer [Seite 138]
7.1.4.4 - Step 4: Creating two participants [Seite 138]
7.1.4.5 - Step 5: Creating a new asset [Seite 139]
7.1.4.6 - Step 6: Creating a new listing [Seite 140]
7.1.4.7 - Step 7: Auctioning off the car [Seite 141]
7.1.4.8 - Step 8: Closing your auction [Seite 142]
7.2 - Chapter 10 Applying Microsoft Azure [Seite 143]
7.2.1 - Bletchley: The Modular Blockchain Fabric [Seite 143]
7.2.1.1 - Cryptlets for encrypting and authenticating [Seite 144]
7.2.1.2 - Utility and Contract Cryptlets and CrytoDelegates [Seite 146]
7.2.2 - Building in the Azure Ecosystem [Seite 147]
7.2.3 - Getting Started with Chain on Azure [Seite 149]
7.2.3.1 - Installing Chain's distributed ledger [Seite 149]
7.2.3.2 - Creating your own private network [Seite 149]
7.2.3.3 - Using financial services on Azure's Chain [Seite 150]
7.2.4 - Deploying Blockchain Tools on Azure [Seite 150]
7.2.4.1 - Exploring Ethereum on Azure [Seite 151]
7.2.4.2 - Cortana: Your analytics machine learning tool [Seite 151]
7.2.4.3 - Visualizing your data with Power BI [Seite 152]
7.2.4.4 - Managing your access on Azure's Active Directory [Seite 152]
7.3 - Chapter 11 Getting Busy on IBM Bluemix [Seite 153]
7.3.1 - Business Blockchain on Bluemix [Seite 154]
7.3.1.1 - Your isolated environment [Seite 154]
7.3.1.2 - Bluemix use cases [Seite 155]
7.3.2 - Watson's Smart Blockchain [Seite 156]
7.3.3 - Building Your Starter Network on Big Blue [Seite 158]
8 - Part 4 Industry Impacts [Seite 161]
8.1 - Chapter 12 Financial Technology [Seite 163]
8.1.1 - Hauling Out Your Crystal Ball: Future Banking Trends [Seite 163]
8.1.1.1 - Moving money faster: Across borders and more [Seite 165]
8.1.1.2 - Creating permanent history [Seite 166]
8.1.2 - Going International: Global Financial Products [Seite 167]
8.1.2.1 - Border-free payroll [Seite 169]
8.1.2.2 - Faster and better trade [Seite 169]
8.1.2.3 - Guaranteed payments [Seite 170]
8.1.2.4 - Micropayments: The new nature of transactions [Seite 170]
8.1.3 - Squeezing Out Fraud [Seite 171]
8.2 - Chapter 13 Real Estate [Seite 173]
8.2.1 - Eliminating Title Insurance [Seite 174]
8.2.1.1 - Protected industries [Seite 174]
8.2.1.2 - Consumers and Fannie Mae [Seite 176]
8.2.2 - Mortgages in the Blockchain World [Seite 176]
8.2.2.1 - Reducing your origination costs [Seite 177]
8.2.2.2 - Knowing your last-known document [Seite 177]
8.2.3 - Forecasting Regional Trends [Seite 178]
8.2.3.1 - The United States and Europe: Infrastructure congestion [Seite 179]
8.2.3.2 - China: First out of the gate [Seite 180]
8.2.3.3 - The developing world: Roadblocks to blockchain [Seite 180]
8.3 - Chapter 14 Insurance [Seite 183]
8.3.1 - Precisely Tailoring Coverage [Seite 183]
8.3.1.1 - Insuring the individual [Seite 184]
8.3.1.2 - The new world of micro insurance [Seite 185]
8.3.2 - Witnessing for You: The Internet of Things [Seite 186]
8.3.2.1 - IoT projects in insurance [Seite 187]
8.3.2.2 - Implications of actionable big data [Seite 187]
8.3.3 - Taking Out the Third Party in Insurance [Seite 188]
8.3.3.1 - Decentralized security [Seite 188]
8.3.3.2 - Crowdfunded coverage [Seite 189]
8.3.3.3 - The implications of DAO insurance [Seite 189]
8.4 - Chapter 15 Government [Seite 191]
8.4.1 - The Smart Cities of Asia [Seite 191]
8.4.1.1 - Singapore satellite cities in India [Seite 193]
8.4.1.2 - China's big data problem [Seite 194]
8.4.2 - The Battle for the Financial Capital of the World [Seite 195]
8.4.2.1 - London's early foresight [Seite 196]
8.4.2.2 - The regulatory sandbox of Singapore [Seite 197]
8.4.2.3 - The Dubai 2020 initiative [Seite 198]
8.4.2.4 - Bitlicense regulatory framework: New York City [Seite 199]
8.4.2.5 - Friendly legal structure of Malta [Seite 200]
8.4.3 - Securing the World's Borders [Seite 201]
8.4.3.1 - The Department of Homeland Security and the identity of things [Seite 202]
8.4.3.2 - Passports of the future [Seite 202]
8.4.3.3 - The new feeder document [Seite 202]
8.5 - Chapter 16 Other Industries [Seite 205]
8.5.1 - Lean Governments [Seite 205]
8.5.1.1 - Singapore's Smart Nation project [Seite 206]
8.5.1.2 - Estonia's e-Residency [Seite 207]
8.5.1.3 - Better notarization in China [Seite 208]
8.5.2 - The Trust Layer for the Internet [Seite 208]
8.5.2.1 - Spam-free email [Seite 209]
8.5.2.2 - Owning your identity [Seite 210]
8.5.3 - Oracle of the Blockchain [Seite 210]
8.5.3.1 - Trusted authorship [Seite 211]
8.5.3.2 - Intellectual property rights [Seite 211]
9 - Part 5 The Part of Tens [Seite 213]
9.1 - Chapter 17 Ten (Or So) Free Blockchain Resources [Seite 215]
9.1.1 - Ethereum [Seite 215]
9.1.2 - DigiKnow [Seite 216]
9.1.3 - Blockchain University [Seite 216]
9.1.4 - Bitcoin Core [Seite 216]
9.1.5 - Blockchain Alliance [Seite 216]
9.1.6 - Multichain Blog [Seite 217]
9.1.7 - HiveMind [Seite 217]
9.1.8 - Smith + Crown [Seite 218]
9.1.9 - Unchained and Unconfirmed Podcasts [Seite 218]
9.2 - Chapter 18 The Ten Rules to Never Break on the Blockchain [Seite 219]
9.2.1 - Don't Use Cryptocurrency or Blockchains to Skirt the Law [Seite 219]
9.2.2 - Keep Your Contracts as Simple as Possible [Seite 220]
9.2.3 - Publish with Great Caution [Seite 221]
9.2.4 - Back Up, Back Up, Back Up Your Private Keys [Seite 221]
9.2.5 - Triple-Check the Address Before Sending Currency [Seite 223]
9.2.6 - Take Care When Using Exchanges [Seite 223]
9.2.7 - Beware Wi-Fi [Seite 224]
9.2.8 - Identify Your Blockchain Dev [Seite 224]
9.2.9 - Don't Get Suckered [Seite 224]
9.2.10 - Don't Trade Tokens Unless You Know What You're Doing [Seite 225]
9.3 - Chapter 19 Ten Top Blockchain Projects [Seite 227]
9.3.1 - The R3 Consortium [Seite 227]
9.3.2 - T ZERO: Overstocking the Stock Market [Seite 229]
9.3.3 - Blockstream's Distributed Systems [Seite 229]
9.3.4 - MadHive [Seite 230]
9.3.5 - Blockdaemon [Seite 231]
9.3.6 - Gemini Dollar and Exchange [Seite 231]
9.3.7 - Decentraland [Seite 232]
9.3.8 - TransferWise [Seite 232]
9.3.9 - Lightning Network [Seite 233]
9.3.10 - Bitcoin Cash [Seite 233]
10 - Index [Seite 235]
11 - EULA [Seite 259]
