Blockchain Enabled Applications: Understand the Blockchain Ecosystem and How to Make it Work for You

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Intermediate-Advanced user level Table of Contents About the Authors About the Technical Reviewer Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Behold the Dreamers Paradigm Shift Technology Stack Summary Chapter 2: The Gold Rush: Mining Bitcoin Reaching Consensus Mining Hardware Startup Stories New Consensus Summary References Chapter 3: Foundations of a Blockchain Transaction Workflow Components of Transaction List Simple Payment Verification (SPV) Blockchain Forks Summary References Chapter 4: Unpacking Ethereum Overview of Ethereum Accounts in Ethereum State, Storage, and Gas Ethereum Virtual Machine Solidity and Vyper Programming Languages Developer Resources World Computer Model Layer 2 Upgrades Sharding Beacon Chain Managing Validators Block Proposers Committees Rewards and Penalties State Channels Plasma Blockchain-as-a-Service Decentralized Applications Geth and Mist Summary References Chapter 5: Decentralized Organizations Aragon Stack and Aragon Network Token (ANT) Aragon for Social Good: Fundraising App Identity Management Use Case DAO/Company Walkthrough Topic 1: Setting Up the DAO Environment Topic 2: Setting Up the DAO Topic 3: DAO Apps and Permissions Tokens App Voting App Finance App App Permissions Summary References Chapter 6: The DAO Hacked Introduction The Team The DAO The ICO Highlights The Hack The Debate The Split: ETH and ETC The Future Summary Chapter 7: High-Performance Computing Tokens and Value Creation Ethereum Computational Market (ECM) Golem Network Application Registry Transaction Framework SONM (Supercomputer Organized by Network Mining) Buyer–Hub–Miner Interactions Superglobal Operation System for Network Architecture (SOSNA) iEx.ec Summary References Chapter 8: Blockchain in Science Reproducibility Crisis Clinical Trials Reputation System Pharmaceutical Drug Tracking Summary Chapter 9: Blockchain in Healthcare Outlook Payer–Provider–Patient Model Patient Workflow Hot Switching Physician Credentialing Waste Management: Capital One, Ark Invest, Gem Verifiable Data Audit Verifiable Data Audit for DeepMind Health The Technical Challenges Ahead Building in the Open Summary References Chapter 10: Lean Blockchain Lean Methodology Business-Model Canvas Do You Need a Blockchain? The Hyperledger Project Hyperledger Fabric Hyperledger Burrow Hyperledger Indy Hyperledger Sawtooth Hyperledger Grid Hyperledger Iroha Hyperledger Besu Rapid Prototyping with Hyperledger Composer Summary References Chapter 11: Blockchain 3.0 EOS Blockchain Delegated Proof-of-Stake (DPoS) Parallel Execution Scheduling Chain Core Enterprise Ethereum Quorum Tech Stack zk-SNARKs Review of Quorum Whitepaper Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Roadmap R3 and Corda Summary References Chapter 12: Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital Markets State of the Blockchain Industry Blockchain Solution Venture Capital and ICOs Initial Coin Offerings Digital Currency Exchanges Status of ICO Regulation Pros and Cons of ICO Investments Regulation Technology: RegChain New Blockchain Companies and Ideas Homechain and SALT Ambrosus, Numerai, and SWARM Stellar Democratizing Investment Opportunities Regulatory Updates in 2020 DeFi Summary Chapter 13: Building a Healthcare Consortium Chapter 14: Blockchain-as-a-Service Service Providers Microsoft Azure Azure Blockchain Service Azure Blockchain Workbench Azure Blockchain Development Kit Amazon Web Services Ease of Setup (taken from Amazon Managed Blockchain documentation) Security (taken from Amazon Managed Blockchain documentation) Immutable Ordering Service (taken from Amazon Managed Blockchain docs) Oracle Maintenance (taken from Oracle Support Documentation) Identity (taken from Oracle Support Documentation) Backups (taken from Oracle Support Documentation) Kaleido Network Governance (taken from Kaleido blog on BaaS) High Availablility and Disaster Recovery (taken from Kaleido blog on BaaS) Summary References Chapter 15: Rise of Blockchain Consortia Chapter 16: The Art of the Newly Possible: Transforming Health with Emerging Technology and Federated Learning Introduction Blockchain and Tokenization Decentralized Artificial Intelligence (AI) Privacy in Depth Source and Derived Health Data Federated Learning Conclusion Chapter 17: Formal Blockchain Research and Education Chapter 18: Blockchain Simulation Scope Appendix A: References Index