Blockchain basics: a non-technical introduction in 25 steps
- New York Apress 2021
- xv, 255 p.
Table of Contents:
Part I: Terminology and Technical Foundations 1. Thinking in Layers and Aspects 2. Seeing the Big Picture 3. Recognizing the Potential
Pat II: Why the Blockchain Is Needed 4. Discovering the Core Problem 5. Disambiguating the Term 6. Understanding the Nature of Ownership 7. Spending Money Twice
Pat III: How the Blockchain Works 8. Planning the Blockchain 9. Documenting Ownership 10. Hashing Data 11. Hashing in the Real World 12. Identifying and Protecting User Accounts 13. Authorizing Transactions 14. Storing Transaction Data 15. Using the Data Store 16. Protecting the Data Store 17. Distributing the Data Store Among Peers 18. Verifying and Adding Transactions 19. Choosing a Transaction History 20. Paying for Integrity 21. Bringing the Pieces Together
Part IV: Limitations and How to Overcome Them 22. Seeing the Limitations 23. Reinventing the Blockchain
Part V: Using the Blockchain, Summary, and Outlook 24. Using the Blockchain 25. Summarizing and Going Further
This book bridges the gap that exists between purely technical books about the blockchain and purely business-focused books. It does so by explaining both the technical concepts that make up the blockchain and their role in business-relevant applications. What You Will Learn: What the blockchain is, why it is needed and what problem it solves, why there is so much excitement about the blockchain and its potential, major components and their purpose, how components work and interact, Limitations, why they exist, and what has been done to overcome them, major application scenarios.