Hands-on Blockchain with Hyperledger. Building Decentralized Applications with Hyperledger Fabric and Composer

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Contents......Page 3 Preface......Page 13 Blockchain - Enterprise and Industry Perspective......Page 19 Defining the terms – what is a blockchain?......Page 20 Four core building blocks of blockchain framworks......Page 22 Fundamentals of the secure transaction processing protocol......Page 25 Where blockchain technology has been and where it's going......Page 26 Blockchain in the enterprise......Page 30 Enterprise design principles......Page 36 Business considerations for choosing a blockchain framework......Page 40 Technology considerations for choosing a blockchain framework......Page 42 Enterprise integration and designing for extensibility......Page 46 Other considerations......Page 48 Summary......Page 50 Exploring Hyperledger Fabric......Page 51 Building on the foundations of open computing......Page 52 Hyperledger frameworks, tools, and building blocks......Page 56 Hyperledger Fabric component design......Page 61 Hyperledger Fabric – the journey of a sample transaction......Page 72 Hyperledger Fabric explored......Page 75 Understanding governance in business networks powered by blockchain......Page 80 Summary......Page 84 Setting the Stage with a Business Scenario......Page 85 Trading and letter of credit......Page 86 Business scenario and use case......Page 87 Setting up the development environment......Page 95 Network components' configuration files......Page 109 Launching a sample trade network......Page 110 Summary......Page 111 Designing a Data and Transaction Model with Golang......Page 112 Starting the chaincode development......Page 113 Creating a chaincode......Page 116 Access control......Page 122 Implementing chaincode functions......Page 128 Testing chaincode......Page 134 Chaincode design topics......Page 139 Logging output......Page 146 Summary......Page 151 Exposing Network Assets and Transactions......Page 152 Building a complete application......Page 153 Integration with existing systems and processes......Page 188 Summary......Page 201 Business Networks......Page 202 A busy world of purposeful activity......Page 203 Defining business networks......Page 204 Introducing participants......Page 205 Introducing assets......Page 209 Introducing transactions......Page 215 Discussing events from the perspective of designing a business network using Composer......Page 223 Implementing a business network......Page 227 Summary......Page 231 The letter of credit sample......Page 232 Analyzing the letter of credit process......Page 249 A description of the business network......Page 251 A model of the business network......Page 254 Examining the live network......Page 265 Creating business network APIs......Page 279 Summary......Page 294 Agility in a Blockchain Network......Page 295 Defining the promotion process......Page 296 Configuring a continuous integration pipeline......Page 301 Configuring your Git repository......Page 309 Testing the end-to-end process......Page 316 Updating the network......Page 325 Summary......Page 327 Life in a Blockchain Network......Page 329 Modifying or upgrading a Hyperledger Fabric application......Page 330 System monitoring and performance......Page 358 Summary......Page 374 Governance, Necessary Evil of Regulated Industries......Page 375 Decentralization and governance......Page 376 Exploring the business models......Page 377 Role of governance in a business network......Page 386 Business domains and processes......Page 388 Governance structure......Page 392 Governance and the IT solution......Page 395 Summary......Page 401 Hyperledger Fabric Security......Page 402 Hyperledger Fabric design goals impacting security......Page 403 Hyperledger Fabric architecture......Page 405 Network bootstrap and governance – the first step towards security......Page 408 Strong identities – the key to the security of the Hyperledger Fabric network......Page 411 Chaincode security......Page 415 Common threats and how Hyperledger Fabric mitigates them......Page 417 Hyperledger Fabric and Quantum Computing......Page 419 General data protection regulation (GDPR) considerations......Page 420 Summary......Page 421 The Future of Blockchain and the Challenges Ahead......Page 422 Summary of key Hyperledger projects......Page 423 The road ahead for Blockchain......Page 426 Staying engaged with the Hyperledger blockchain......Page 431 Summary......Page 434 Index......Page 435