Blockchain For Dummies
by Manav Gupta
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You find out about Hyperledger, a Linux Foundation project, designed to help advance technology and thought leadership of cross-industry blockchain technologies. You learn about Hyperledger Fabric, an open-source framework, and the instrumental role it plays in developing a blockchain for business. Finally, you find out everything you need to spin up a blockchain network today. 
Book Description
Blockchain For Dummies, 2nd IBM Limited Edition, equips you with an understanding of what blockchain is, how it works, and how it can enhance your business and the industry in which it operates. You learn the fundamentals of blockchain and how this technology revolutionizes transactions and business networks. You also discover the important difference between "blockchain" and "blockchain for business" and what makes blockchain an ideal solution for streamlining business networks.You find out about Hyperledger, a Linux Foundation project, designed to help advance technology and thought leadership of cross-industry blockchain technologies. You learn about Hyperledger Fabric, an open-source framework, and the instrumental role it plays in developing a blockchain for business. Finally, you find out everything you need to spin up a blockchain network today.
This open access book is Complimented by IBM. You can download Blockchain For Dummies ebook for free in PDF format (1.8 MB).
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Grasping Blockchain Fundamentals.
Chapter 2
Taking a Look at How Blockchain Works.
Chapter 3
Propelling Business with Blockchains
Chapter 4
Blockchain in Action: Use Cases
Chapter 5
Hyperledger, Hosted by The Linux Foundation.
Chapter 6
Ten Steps to Your First Blockchain Application
Book Details
Title
Blockchain For Dummies
Subject
Computer Science
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Published
2013
Pages
51
Edition
2
Language
English
ISBN13
9781119545934
ISBN10
1119545935
ISBN13 Digital
9781119546016
ISBN10 Digital
111954601X
PDF Size
1.8 MB
License
Compliments of IBM
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