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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

Attacks on the blockchain

Every application is vulnerable to an attack of some kind due to security issues. But the security issues of a blockchain platform are very different from those of a traditional application due to its security model. Most of the attacks that are performed on a centralized system are not applicable to a blockchain-based application. The decentralization model of a blockchain application makes it difficult to find vulnerabilities. Unlike traditional databases, blockchain data is created by achieving consensus among the network's nodes, so the only way to compromise the blockchain network is by finding vulnerabilities in the consensus mechanism.

There are a number of ways to prevent a network from reaching a valid consensus. However, attacks will not be successful on all the blockchain platforms. A resilient network such as Bitcoin will not be vulnerable...

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