- Blockchain in Action
- Copyright
- dedication
- brief contents
- contents
- front matter
- Part 1. Getting started with blockchain programming
- 1 Blockchain basics
- 2 Smart contracts
- 2.1 The concept of a smart contract
- 2.2 Design of a smart contract
- 2.3 Development of a smart contract code
- 2.4 Deploying and testing the smart contract
- 2.5 What makes a blockchain contract smart?
- 2.6 Decentralized airline system use case
- 2.7 Airlines smart contract
- 2.8 Smart contract design considerations
- 2.9 Best practices
- 2.10 Summary
- 3 Techniques for trust and integrity
- 4 From smart contracts to Dapps
- Part 2. Techniques for end-to-end Dapp development
- 5 Security and privacy
- 6 On-chain and off-chain data
- 7 Web3 and a channel Dapp
- 7.1 Web3 API
- 7.2 The channel concept
- 7.3 Micropayment channel
- 7.4 Micropayment channel use case
- 7.4.1 Traditional banking solution
- 7.4.2 Users and roles
- 7.4.3 On-chain and off-chain operations
- 7.4.4 MPC smart contract (MPC-contract)
- 7.4.5 MPC application development (MPC-app)
- 7.4.6 MPC sequence diagram
- 7.4.7 Demonstration of MPC execution
- 7.4.8 Accessing the web3 provider
- 7.4.9 Extensions of MPC
- 7.4.10 The relevance of the micropayment channel
- 7.4.11 Other web3 packages of interest
- 7.5 Retrospective
- 7.6 Best practices
- 7.7 Summary
- 8 Going public with Infura
- 8.1 Nodes and networks
- 8.2 Infura blockchain infrastructure
- 8.3 Going public with Infura
- 8.4 End-to-end process for public deployment
- 8.4.1 Account generation and management
- 8.4.2 Choosing a network and importing accounts
- 8.4.3 Collecting ether from faucets
- 8.4.4 Creating blockchain nodes on Infura
- 8.4.5 Installing HDWalletProvider
- 8.4.6 Configuring and deploying the smart contract
- 8.4.7 Configuring and deploying the web application
- 8.5 Deploying BlindAuction-Dapp on Infura
- 8.6 Deploying MPC-Dapp on Infura
- 8.7 Retrospective
- 8.8 Best practices
- 8.9 Summary
- Part 3. A roadmap and the road ahead
- 9 Tokenization of assets
- 10 Testing smart contracts
- 11 A roadmap to Dapp development
- 11.1 Motivating scenario: Educational credentialing
- 11.2 The roadmap
- 11.3 Problem description
- 11.4 Analysis and design
- 11.5 Developing the smart contract
- 11.6 Local deployment
- 11.7 Automated testing using truffle
- 11.8 Developing the web application
- 11.9 Testing the DCC-Dapp
- 11.10 Public deployment
- 11.11 Retrospective
- 11.12 Best practices
- Summary
- 12 Blockchain: The road ahead
- 12.1 Decentralized identity
- 12.2 Self-managed identity
- 12.3 Consensus and integrity
- 12.4 Scalability
- 12.5 Scalability solutions
- 12.6 Privacy
- 12.7 Public, private, and permissioned networks
- 12.8 Confidentiality
- 12.9 Security
- 12.10 Securing it with cryptocurrency
- 12.11 Accessing off-chain data (Oracles)
- 12.12 From foundations to practical systems
- 12.13 Looking ahead
- 12.14 Best practices
- 12.15 Retrospective
- 12.16 Summary
- appendix A. UML blockchain design models
- appendix B. Design principles
- index
dedication
I dedicate this book to my grandmother, Thanjavur Avva, for her unconditional love and affection to me, and compassion and generosity to everyone.
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