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Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839218750

Length 756 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

Blockchain

Concepts

Blockchain

Authors (7):

Salman A. Baset

Venkatraman Ramakrishna

Salman Baset

Anthony O'Dowd

Petr Novotny

Nitin Gaur

Luc Desrosiers

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Blockchain – An Enterprise and Industry Perspective

2. Exploring Hyperledger Fabric FREE CHAPTER

3. Business Networks

4. Setting the Stage with a Business Scenario

5. Designing Smart Contract Transactions and Ledger Data Structures

6. Developing Smart Contracts

7. Developing Applications

8. Advanced Topics for Developing Smart Contracts and Applications

9. Network Operation and Distributed Application Building

10. Enterprise Design Patterns and Considerations

11. Agility in a Blockchain Network

12. Governance – A Necessary Evil of Regulated Industries

13. Life in a Blockchain Network

14. Hyperledger Fabric Security

15. Blockchain's Future, Protocol Commercialization, and Challenges Ahead

16. Another Book You May Enjoy

17. Index

Developing Smart Contracts

In this and the following two chapters, we're going to tackle the task of smart contract and application programming in a business network that uses Hyperledger Fabric technology. Our first two chapters—this one and Chapter 7, Developing Applications, will explain how to perform the two major tasks a software developer needs to complete in order to implement a business network:

Smart contract design and development
Application design and development

Our third chapter, Chapter 8, Advanced Topics for Developing Smart Contracts and Applications, will introduce more advanced techniques that you'll find helpful as your requirements expand to support advanced privacy requirements typically found in real-world networks.

These chapters are not concerned with the management of the technical infrastructure of Hyperledger. While infrastructure components such as peers, ordering services, and certificate authorities are...