UID:
almahu_9949383649802882
Format:
1 online resource (xxvii, 361 pages) :
,
illustrations
ISBN:
9780429325533
,
0429325533
,
9781000517620
,
1000517624
,
9781000507706
,
100050770X
,
9781000512663
,
1000512665
Content:
This book covers blockchain from the underlying principles to how it enables applications to survive and surf on its shoulder. Having covered the fundamentals of blockchain, the book turns to cryptocurrency. It thoroughly examines Bitcoin before presenting six other major currencies in a rounded discussion. The book then bridges between technology and finance, concentrating on how blockchain-based applications, including cryptocurrencies, have pushed hard against mainstream industries in a bid to cement their positions permanent. It discusses blockchain as underlying banking technology, crypto mining and offering, cryptocurrency as investment instruments, crypto regulations, and markets
Note:
"An Auerbach book."
,
Introduction to blockchain -- Immutability of blockchain -- Consensus mechanisms of blockchain -- Bitcoin: world's first cryptocurrency -- Ethereum and smart contracts -- NEO -- EOS -- Ripple -- Stellar -- Purpose-built distributed ledgers -- Applications of blockchain -- Evolution of money: from barter to bitcoin -- Cryptocurrency mining -- Cryptocurrency wallet -- Cryptocurrency trading and investment -- Initial coin offerings (ICOs) -- Economic outlook of cryptocurrency -- Crime, criminals and cryptocurrencies -- Regulations, laws and practices -- Criticism, scepticism and support.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Chowdhury, Niaz. Inside blockchain, Bitcoin, and cryptocurrencies. Boca Raton : Auerbach, 2019 ISBN 9781138618152
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1201/9780429325533
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429325533
