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Foundations of Blockchain

You're reading from   Foundations of Blockchain The pathway to cryptocurrencies and decentralized blockchain applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789139396
Length 372 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Koshik Raj Koshik Raj
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Preface 1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER 2. A Bit of Cryptography 3. Cryptography in Blockchain 4. Networking in Blockchain 5. Cryptocurrency 6. Diving into Blockchain - Proof of Existence 7. Diving into Blockchain - Proof of Ownership 8. Blockchain Projects 9. Blockchain Optimizations and Enhancements 10. Blockchain Security 11. When Shouldn't We Use Blockchain? 12. Blockchain Use Cases 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Setting up a blockchain environment

A blockchain network is a decentralized network, and each node should have similar information about the blockchain ledger. A decentralized network can be set up in an open network by allowing everyone to connect to and perform operations on the blockchain, or equally, it could be maintained in a private network. A public blockchain network is achieved by enabling connect permissions in every node. Enterprises typically prefer to establish a private network as it helps keep the bad actors away. This network configuration can be easily configured in MultiChain at each node.

Running MultiChain nodes

MultiChain can be installed on Linux, Windows, and Mac platforms with 64-bit processors that...

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