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Author Shermin Voshmgir
Blockchain-based protocols like Bitcoin and Ethereum have made sending digital values in the form of tokens as cheap and easy as sending an email. But while cryptographic tokens (sometimes called "cryptocurrencies") may be as important to the next-generation intern....
Release Date 2019/10 -
Author Evan Karnoupakis , Sir John Hargrave
Everyone’s talking about blockchain. This exciting technology has the potential to impact our lives in much the same way as the internet did, but few understand how it actually works. Written for business technology leaders, this report breaks down the complexity o....
Release Date 2019/10 -
What Are Enterprise Blockchains?
Author Mike Loukides
Interest in the blockchain ledger that supports Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is rising in the tech community, particularly among planners in the enterprise. How will enterprise companies use blockchains? Many possibilities exist, such as recent efforts by Mae....
Release Date 2018/05 -
Unlocking Blockchain on Azure: Design and Develop Decentralized Applications
Author Shilpa Karkeraa
Design, architect, and build Blockchain applications with Azure in industrial scenarios to revolutionize conventional processes and data security. This book will empower you to build better decentralized applications that have stronger encryption, better architectures, an....
Release Date 2020/05 -
Author Erick W. Rengifo , Emre Ozsoz
A very commonly observed phenomenon in developing and emerging market economies is the use of another country’s currency (whether the US dollar or another currency) in lieu or in addition to the local currency. The most common type of this financial phenomenon is p....
Release Date 2016/05 -
Understanding Cryptocurrencies
Author Arvind Matharu
The book intends to provide a high level overview of cryptocurrencies to a new enthusiast by using layman language and limiting many of the technical aspects, providing a very condensed version of this vast development of digital currencies.Blockchain is the new re....
Release Date 2018/11 -
Author Alison McCauley
Understand the Blockchain Opportunity: No Technical Background Required. Remember thedawn of the internet? The advent of mobile and social media? Yet another digital revolution is nowunderway. Like its predecessors, blockchains are about to transform the way we liv....
Release Date 2019/06 -
Author Nikhil Bhaskar
Develop, test, and deploy decentralized applications for Ethereum platformAbout This BookBuild your first Ethereum Dapp with Truffle: the most popular Ethereum development frameworkBuild, compile, and deploy smart contracts in your development environmentEmbrace Bl....
Release Date 2018/06 -
Transforming Climate Finance and Green Investment with Blockchains
Author Alastair Marke
Transforming Climate Finance and Green Investment with Blockchains establishes and analyzes the connection between this revolutionary technology and global efforts to combat climate change. The benefits of blockchain come through various profound alterations, such ....
Release Date 2018/06 -
Author Thomas Power , Sean Au
Explore the differences between ICOs, cryptocurrencies, and tokens (offerings), enabling the reader to understand the ICO landscape, how millions were raised in minutes, and where the future of the tokenized economy is heading. Take a real-time journey, cutting thr....
Release Date 2018/10 -
The Real Business of Blockchain
Author Christophe Uzureau , David Furlonger
Blockchain is transforming business. What's your strategy?Leaders of forward-thinking organizations are exploring how blockchain can transform the way they create and seek value. Whether it's used to streamline multiparty processes, create and trade new assets, o....
Release Date 2019/10 -
The Change Handbook, 2nd Edition
Author Steven Cady , Tom Devane , Peggy Holman
The Change Handbook features chapters by the originators and foremost practitioners of such high-leverage change methods as Future Search, Real Time Strategic Change, Gemba Kaizen, and Open Space Technology. The authors outline distinctive aspects of their app....
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Author Vitalik Buterin , William Mougayar
The definitive pioneering blueprint covering the what, why and how of the blockchain. Blockchains are new technology layers that rewire the Internet and threaten to side-step older legacy constructs and centrally served businesses. At its core, a blockchain injects....
Release Date 2016/05 -
Author Elad Elrom
Become a Blockchain developer and design, build, publish, test, maintain and secure scalable decentralized Blockchain projects using Bitcoin, Ethereum, NEO, EOS and Hyperledger. This book helps you understand Blockchain beyond development and crypto to better harn....
Release Date 2019/07 -
The Blockchain Alternative: Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Theory
Author Kariappa Bheemaiah
Examine what would happen if we were to deploy blockchain technology at the sovereign level and use it to create a decentralized cashless economy. This book explains how finance and economics work today, and how the convergence of various technologies related to th....
Release Date 2017/02 -
Author Saifedean Ammous
When a pseudonymous programmer introduced “a new electronic cash system that’s fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party” to a small online mailing list in 2008, very few paid attention. Ten years later, and against all odds, this upstart autonomous decentral....
Release Date 2018/04 -
Author Bob Rice
The first book to explain the new world of alternative investing, showing how anyone can use nontraditional options to significantly increase returns and lower risksThe world's elite investors have long relied on alternative investments to produce superior returns....
Release Date 2013/05 -
Author Evan Karnoupakis , Sir John Hargrave
This is a bird’s-eye view of the booming blockchain industry, with real-life stories of how the technology is currently used. Ideal for business technology leaders familiar with blockchain, this report explains how this technology might fit within your enterprise a....
Release Date 2019/11 -
Solidity Programming Essentials
Author Ritesh Modi
Learn the most powerful and primary programming language for writing smart contracts and find out how to write, deploy, and test smart contracts in Ethereum.About This BookGet you up and running with Solidity Programming languageBuild Ethereum Smart Contracts with ....
Release Date 2018/04 -
Author Hossam Gabbar
Smart Energy Grid Engineering provides in-depth detail on the various important engineering challenges of smart energy grid design and operation by focusing on advanced methods and practices for designing different components and their integration within the grid. ....
Release Date 2016/10 -
Seeing Beyond the Blockchain Hype
Author Paul Michelman
Blockchain has recently taken center stage in the conversation about management’s digital makeover. Many believe the impact of blockchain on the ways organizations function and produce value may be greater than other technologies that have grabbed most of our....
Release Date 2017/07 -
Securing Blockchain Networks like Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric
Author Alessandro Parisi
Build secure private blockchain networks to handle mission-critical security challenges such as denial-of-service attacks, user wallets, and pool mining attacksKey FeaturesExplore blockchain concepts such as cryptography, consensus algorithms, and security assumptions Ar....
Release Date 2020/04 -
Author Febin John James
Learn to work with XRP and build applications on Ripple's blockchain Key FeaturesLearn to use Ripple's decentralized system for transfering digital assets globally A simpilfied and shortened learning curve to understand the Ripple innovation and Blockchain Takes ....
Release Date 2018/12 -
Author Jimmy Song
Dive into Bitcoin technology with this hands-on guide from one of the leading teachers on Bitcoin and Bitcoin programming. Author Jimmy Song shows Python programmers and developers how to program a Bitcoin library from scratch. You’ll learn how to work with the bas....
Release Date 2019/02 -
Preparing for a Blockchain Future
Author Michael Ferguson
With the rise of blockchain and adoption of cryptocurrencies, companies across different industries can benefit from the increased trust and transparency these emerging technologies provide. Most executives recognize the need to prioritize blockchain as part of the....
Release Date 2018/10 -
Practical Cryptography in Python: Learning Correct Cryptography by Example
Author Christopher K. Monson , Seth James Nielson
Develop a greater intuition for the proper use of cryptography. This book teaches the basics of writing cryptographic algorithms in Python, demystifies cryptographic internals, and demonstrates common ways cryptography is used incorrectly.Cryptography is the lifebl....
Release Date 2019/09 -
Author Karan Singh Garewal
Create cryptocurrency and blockchain applications by examining the key algorithms and concepts pertaining to blockchains, transaction processing, mining, distributed consensus, and anonymous currencies. In this book, you’ll develop a fully functional cryptocurrency from s....
Release Date 2020/09 -
Oracle Blockchain Quick Start Guide
Author Nimesh Prakash , Anand Eswararao Yerrapati , Vivek Acharya
Get up and running with Oracle’s premium cloud blockchain services and build distributed blockchain apps with easeKey FeaturesDiscover Hyperledger Fabric and its components, features, qualifiers, and architecture Get familiar with the Oracle Blockchain Platform and....
Release Date 2019/09 -
Navigating the Patent Minefield Through Consortia
Author Gonzalo Camarillo , Annabelle Gawer , David Lopez-Berzosa
Bringing high-tech inventions built on patented technologies to market can be complicated and risky. The threat of added costs from patent infringement lawsuits has led technology companies to pool their talents — and patents — in technology consortia. ....
Release Date 2016/07