Comuzzi, Marco <br/><br/>
Blockchain for business:  IT principles into practice 

 - New York  Routledge  2023 
 - x, 253 p. 
<br/><br/> Table of content:<br/>PREFACE<br/><br/>ACKNOWLEDGMENTS<br/><br/>PART 1<br/><br/>CHAPTER 1: A GENTLE INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF BLOCKCHAIN<br/><br/>1.1 WHAT IS BLOCKCHAIN?<br/><br/>1.2 MONEY, TRUST, AND DESIGN CHOICES<br/><br/>1.3 DEFINING BLOCKCHAIN BY EXAMPLE: PLAYING CHESS WITH BLOCKCHAIN<br/><br/>1.3.1 DEFINING AN INITIAL STATE OF A GAME<br/><br/>1.3.2 DEFINING RULES DO DETERMINE VALID MOVES<br/><br/>1.3.3 AN IMMUTABLE DATABASE TO RECORD MOVES<br/><br/>1.3.4 AUTHENTICATING THE PLAYERS<br/><br/>1.4 EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF BLOCKCHAIN<br/><br/>1.5 OVERVIEW OF THIS BOOK<br/><br/>1.6 HOW TO USE THIS BOOK<br/><br/>1.7 OVERVIEW OF BLOCKCHAIN APPLICATIONS DISCUSSED IN THIS BOOK<br/><br/>1.8 QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES<br/><br/>CHAPTER 2: CRYPTOGRAPHIC TOOLS FOR BLOCKCHAIN<br/><br/>2.1 COMPUTER-READABLE REPRESENTATION OF DIGITAL MESSAGES<br/><br/>2.1.1 CHARACTER ENCODING<br/><br/>2.1.2 BASE-2 NUMBER REPRESENTATION<br/><br/>2.2 CRYPTOGRAPHIC HASHING<br/><br/>2.2.1 CRYPTOGRAPHIC HASH FUNCTIONS: DEFINITION<br/><br/>2.2.2 APPLICATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATIONS<br/><br/>2.3 MESSAGE ENCRYPTION: SYMMETRIC AND ASYMMETRIC<br/><br/>2.3.1 SYMMETRIC ENCRYPTION: THE CAESAR CYPHER<br/><br/>2.3.2 ASYMMETRIC ENCRYPTION<br/><br/>2.4 DIGITAL SIGNATURES<br/><br/>2.5 CASE STUDY: A BRIEF HISTORY OF CRYPTOGRAPHY<br/><br/>2.6 CONCLUSIONS<br/><br/>2.7 QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES<br/><br/>CHAPTER 3: AN IMPLEMENTATION-AGNOSTIC DEFINITION OF BLOCKCHAIN<br/><br/>3.1 WHAT IS BLOCKCHAIN?<br/><br/>3.2 BLOCKCHAIN AS A P2P NETWORK<br/><br/>3.2.1 WHAT IS A USER OF A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK?<br/><br/>3.2.2 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BLOCKCHAIN NETWORKS<br/><br/>3.3 DATA MANAGEMENT IN A BLOCKCHAIN NODE: TRANSACTIONS AND IMMUTABLE DATABASES<br/><br/>3.3.1 IMPLEMENTING DATA IMMUTABILITY BY DESIGN<br/><br/>3.4 CONSENSUS MECHANISM<br/><br/>3.5 A MORE PRECISE SPECIFICATION OF BC4C<br/><br/>3.6 CASE STUDY: THE PREDECESSORS OF BITCOIN<br/><br/>3.7 CONCLUSIONS<br/><br/>3.8 QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES<br/><br/>CHAPTER 4: EXTENDING BLOCKCHAIN WITH SMART CONTRACTS<br/><br/>4.1 THE CASE FOR EXTENDING BLOCKCHAIN WITH BUSINESS LOGIC<br/><br/>4.2 PROPERTIES OF SMART CONTRACTS<br/><br/>4.3 ON-CHAIN, OFF-CHAIN DATA, AND SMART CONTRACT ORACLES<br/><br/>4.4 AN ARCHITECTURE FOR BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEMS<br/><br/>4.5 CASE STUDY: THE ORIGINAL DEFINITION OF SMART CONTRACT<br/><br/>4.6 CONCLUSIONS<br/><br/>4.7 QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES<br/><br/>PART 2<br/><br/>CHAPTER 5: BITCOIN AND PUBLIC BLOCKCHAIN<br/><br/>5.1 THE BITCOIN NETWORK<br/><br/>5.2 BITCOIN TRANSACTIONS<br/><br/>5.2.1 TRANSACTIONS AND NODE BALANCES IN BITCOIN<br/><br/>5.2.2 DIGITAL SIGNATURE OF BITCOIN TRANSACTIONS<br/><br/>5.3 BITCOIN BLOCKCHAIN AS A DATA STRUCTURE: THE BITCOIN LEDGER<br/><br/>5.4 BITCOIN CONSENSUS MECHANISM<br/><br/>5.4.1 THE LIFE CYCLE OF BITCOIN TRANSACTIONS<br/><br/>5.4.2 CREATING A NEW BLOCK<br/><br/>5.4.3 CALCULATING A CORRECT NONCE FOR A CANDIDATE NEW BLOCK<br/><br/>5.5 CASE STUDY: BITCOIN IN THE REAL WORLD<br/><br/>5.6 CONCLUSIONS<br/><br/>5.7 QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES<br/><br/>CHAPTER 6: ETHEREUM AND SMART CONTRACT-ENABLED BLOCKCHAIN<br/><br/>6.1 ETHEREUM NETWORK<br/><br/>6.2 ETHEREUM TRANSACTIONS<br/><br/>6.2.1 TRANSACTIONS TRANSFERRING ETHEREUM TOKENS BETWEEN EOAS<br/><br/>6.2.2 SMART CONTRACT-RELATED TRANSACTIONS<br/><br/>6.3 ETHEREUM LEDGER AND CONSENSUS MECHANISM: THE ETHEREUM VIRTUAL MACHINE<br/><br/>6.4 ETHEREUM CONSENSUS MECHANISM<br/><br/>6.5 ETHEREUM SMART CONTRACTS AND TOKENS<br/><br/>6.5.1 SMART CONTRACTS<br/><br/>6.5.2 ETHEREUM TOKENS<br/><br/>6.6 ETHEREUM DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS (DAPPS)<br/><br/>6.7 CASE STUDY – EVERLEDGER: SECURE PROVENANCE IN SUPPLY CHAINS OVER ETHEREUM<br/><br/>6.8 CONCLUSIONS<br/><br/>6.9 QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES<br/><br/>CHAPTER 7: PRIVATE BLOCKCHAIN<br/><br/>7.1 CHARACTERIZING THE PRIVATE BLOCKCHAIN<br/><br/>7.2 ETHEREUM AS A PRIVATE BLOCKCHAIN<br/><br/>7.3 CORDA: PRIVATE BLOCKCHAIN BASED ON A NEED-TO-KNOW LEDGER<br/><br/>7.3.1 CORDA DATA STRUCTURE<br/><br/>7.3.2 CORDA NETWORK AND CONSENSUS MECHANISM<br/><br/>7.4 HYPERLEDGER FABRIC: SMART CONTRACT-ENABLED PRIVATE BLOCKCHAIN<br/><br/>7.4.1 HYPERLEDGER FABRIC DATA STRUCTURES<br/><br/>7.4.2 HYPERLEDGER FABRIC NETWORK AND CONSENSUS MECHANISM<br/><br/>7.5 CASE STUDY: REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS THAT USE CORDA AND HYPERLEDGER FABRIC<br/><br/>7.6 CONCLUSIONS<br/><br/>7.7 QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES<br/><br/>CHAPTER 8: BLOCKCHAIN AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS<br/><br/>8.1 WHAT IS THE IOT?<br/><br/>8.2 FOUNDATIONS OF THE IOT<br/><br/>8.2.1 RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID)<br/><br/>8.2.2 WIRELESS SENSOR AND ACTUATOR NETWORK (WSAN)<br/><br/>8.3 APPLICATIONS FOR THE IOT<br/><br/>8.3.1 LOGISTICS<br/><br/>8.3.2 HEALTHCARE<br/><br/>8.3.3 MANUFACTURING<br/><br/>8.3.4 SMART CITIES<br/><br/>8.3.5 SUSTAINABLE ENERGY<br/><br/>8.4 COMBINING THE IOT WITH BLOCKCHAIN<br/><br/>8.5 CHALLENGES IN BLOCKCHAIN-BASED IOT PLATFORMS<br/><br/>8.5.1 LATENCY<br/><br/>8.5.2 VOLUME<br/><br/>8.5.3 COMPUTING POWER<br/><br/>8.5.4 STORAGE REQUIREMENTS<br/><br/>8.6 IOTA: A DLT FOR THE IOT<br/><br/>8.6.1 IOTA 2.0<br/><br/>8.6.2 IOTA STREAMS<br/><br/>8.6.3 IOTA APPLICATIONS IN THE IOT<br/><br/>8.7 IMPLEMENTING IOT APPLICATIONS WITH EXISTING BLOCKCHAINS<br/><br/>8.7.1 BITCOIN<br/><br/>8.7.2 ETHEREUM<br/><br/>8.7.3 HYPERLEDGER FABRIC<br/><br/>8.8 CASE STUDY: SECURE ARTIFACT-DRIVEN PROCESS MONITORING<br/><br/>8.9 CONCLUSIONS<br/><br/>8.10 QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES<br/><br/>PART 3<br/><br/>CHAPTER 9: SUITABILITY OF BUSINESS SCENARIOS FOR BLOCKCHAIN<br/><br/>9.1 STRUCTURING THE DECISION OF ADOPTING BLOCKCHAIN<br/><br/>9.2 BUSINESS SUITABILITY OF BLOCKCHAIN<br/><br/>9.2.1 MULTI-PARTY<br/><br/>9.2.2 TRUSTED AUTHORITY<br/><br/>9.2.3 CENTRALIZED OPERATION<br/><br/>9.2.4 IMMUTABILITY<br/><br/>9.3 TECHNICAL SUITABILITY OF BLOCKCHAIN<br/><br/>9.3.1 DATA SIZE<br/><br/>9.3.2 PERFORMANCE<br/><br/>9.3.3 COST<br/><br/>9.3.4 TRANSPARENCY<br/><br/>9.4 APPLYING THE DECISION MAKING TOOLS<br/><br/>9.4.1 SAFE DISPOSAL OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE<br/><br/>9.4.2 MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS<br/><br/>9.4.3 SELF-SOVEREIGN IDENTITY MANAGEMENT<br/><br/>9.5 CONCLUSIONS<br/><br/>9.6 QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES<br/><br/>CHAPTER 10: BLOCKCHAIN AND BUSINESS MODELS<br/><br/>10.1 WHAT IS A BUSINESS MODEL?<br/><br/>10.1.1 THE BUSINESS MODEL CONCEPT<br/><br/>10.1.2 SPECIFYING BUSINESS MODELS INSIDE-OUT<br/><br/>10.1.3 SPECIFYING BUSINESS MODELS OUTSIDE-IN<br/><br/>10.2 BUSINESS MODELS IN THE DIGITAL AGE<br/><br/>10.2.1 DIGITALLY SUPPORTED BUSINESS MODELS<br/><br/>10.2.2 DIGITALLY ENABLED BUSINESS MODELS<br/><br/>10.2.3 TYPES OF E-BUSINESS MODELS AND BLOCKCHAIN<br/><br/>10.3 BLOCKCHAIN AS AN EFFICIENCY BOOSTER<br/><br/>10.3.1 THE NEED FOR EFFICIENCY<br/><br/>10.3.2 TRADITIONAL CERTIFIED SPARE PARTS MARKETS<br/><br/>10.3.3 BLOCKCHAIN-BOOSTED CERTIFIED SPARE PARTS MARKETS<br/><br/>10.4 BLOCKCHAIN AS A BUSINESS TRUST ENABLER<br/><br/>10.4.1 THE ROLE OF TRUST IN (ELECTRONIC) BUSINESS<br/><br/>10.4.2 TRADITIONAL MULTI-MODAL LOGISTIC MARKETS<br/><br/>10.4.3 BLOCKCHAIN-BASED, MULTI-MODAL LOGISTICS MARKETS<br/><br/>10.5 BLOCKCHAIN AS A DISINTERMEDIATOR<br/><br/>10.5.1 THE CONCEPT OF DISINTERMEDIATION<br/><br/>10.5.2 THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS DOMAIN CASE<br/><br/>10.6 DESIGNING BLOCKCHAIN-ENABLED BUSINESS MODELS<br/><br/>10.6.1 TECHNOLOGY-PUSH BUSINESS MODEL DESIGN<br/><br/>10.6.1 USING FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY<br/><br/>10.6.2 USING NON-FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY<br/><br/>10.6.3 REQUIREMENTS-PULL BUSINESS MODEL DESIGN<br/><br/>10.7 CONCLUSIONS<br/><br/>10.8 QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES<br/><br/>CHAPTER 11: BLOCKCHAIN IN OUTCOME MANAGEMENT<br/><br/>11.1 THE OUTCOME ECONOMY CONCEPT<br/><br/>11.2 AN OUTCOME ECONOMY CONTROL MODEL<br/><br/>11.2.1 ORGANIZATION-LEVEL BUSINESS CONTROL MODEL<br/><br/>11.2.2 CHAIN-LEVEL BUSINESS OUTCOME CONTROL LEVEL<br/><br/>11.3 TRUST MANAGEMENT IN OUTCOME-BASED BUSINESS<br/><br/>11.3.1 THE NEED FOR TRUST<br/><br/>11.3.2 TRUST MANAGEMENT WITH BLOCKCHAIN<br/><br/>11.4 DATA PROCESSING IN OUTCOME MANAGEMENT<br/><br/>11.4.1 OUTCOME DATA PROCESSING<br/><br/>11.4.2 TYPES OF SENSORS<br/><br/>11.4.3 TYPES OF REGULATORS<br/><br/>11.4.4 FEDERATED DATA PROCESSING<br/><br/>11.5 A CASE STUDY IN SEA CONTAINER TRANSPORT<br/><br/>11.5.1 CASE OUTLINE<br/><br/>11.5.2 CONCEPTUAL MODEL WITH ONE CUSTOMER<br/><br/>11.5.3 TECHNICAL MODEL WITH ONE CUSTOMER<br/><br/>11.5.4 EXTENDING THE MODEL TO MULTIPLE CUSTOMERS<br/><br/>11.5.5 PLACING THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE<br/><br/>11.6 BUSINESS MODEL DESIGN FOR OUTCOME MANAGEMENT<br/><br/>11.6.1 CHOOSING A BUSINESS MODEL SPECIFICATION TECHNIQUE<br/><br/>11.6.2 AN EXAMPLE BUSINESS MODEL FOR THE SEA CONTAINER CASE<br/><br/>11.7 CONCLUSIONS<br/><br/>11.8 QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES<br/><br/>REFERENCES<br/><br/>INDEX<br/>[https://www.routledge.com/Blockchain-for-Business-IT-Principles-into-Practice/Comuzzi-Grefen-Meroni/p/book/9781032342467?srsltid=AfmBOoonubpmxCdPmkey7CoiUK4tTvfxtLns8XDoND1BzQlHuL3sfDCG] 
<br/><br/> This book discusses the up-and-coming blockchain technology in a structured way from the conceptual, technological, and business perspectives, thereby providing the integrated insight that is essential for truly understanding blockchain applications and their impact. While most people may know about blockchain from Bitcoin and news about its price in the financial markets, blockchain is a technology that increasingly permeates the way in which modern businesses operate. However, its dynamics and functioning remain obscure for most people. This book gives readers the tools to understand the full extent to which blockchain technology is or can be used in business. First, the book focuses on the functioning of blockchain systems, introducing basic concepts such as transactions, consensus mechanisms, and smart contracts, as well as giving a smooth introduction to the basic features of cryptography that underpin blockchain technology, e.g., digital signatures and hashing. Then, the book focuses on specific blockchain platforms (Bitcoin, Ethereum, private blockchain platforms) currently used for the implementation of cryptocurrencies and other blockchain systems. Finally, it introduces a set of tools to understand and analyze the suitability of blockchain technology in different business scenarios from the business model, and business operation perspectives. Examples and case studies of blockchain applications currently in production are discussed extensively across the book. This book targets students and educators with an interest in blockchain technology providing a one-stop shop to obtain a deep and complete insight in blockchain technology and its applicability in different business scenarios. The textbook is designed primarily for third and fourth year undergraduate students in industrial engineering, business and management, and information systems. However, it can be adopted also in the computer science majors, since it does not strictly require any specific pre-requisite knowledge. At the graduate level, this book can be used in courses for industrial engineering, information systems, and management students. Finally, the book is also of interest to practitioners, like business analysts, process analysts, and information system architects, to understand the enabling and transformative potential of blockchain in a given business scenario.<br/>(https://www.routledge.com/Blockchain-for-Business-IT-Principles-into-Practice/Comuzzi-Grefen-Meroni/p/book/9781032342467?srsltid=AfmBOoonubpmxCdPmkey7CoiUK4tTvfxtLns8XDoND1BzQlHuL3sfDCG) 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781032342467 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Business-Data processing<br/>Blockchains (database)--Industrial applications<br/>Database management
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>650.0285  / COM