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.
Pages
278
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
CRC Press
Release
September 22, 2020
ISBN
0367901005
ISBN 13
9780367901004
Bitcoin and Blockchain: History and Current Applications
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.