Work with blockchain and understand its potential application beyond cryptocurrencies in the
domains of healthcare Internet of Things finance decentralized organizations and open
science. Featuring case studies and practical insights generated from a start-up spun off from
the author's own lab this book covers a unique mix of topics not found in others and offers
insight into how to overcome real hurdles that arise as the market and consumers grow
accustomed to blockchain based start-ups. You'll start with a review of the historical origins
of blockchain and explore the basic cryptography needed to make the blockchain work for
Bitcoin. You will then learn about the technical advancements made in the surrounded ecosystem:
the Ethereum virtual machine Solidity Colored Coins the Hyperledger Project
Blockchain-as-a-service offered through IBM Microsoft and more. This book looks at the
consequences of machine-to-machine transactions using the blockchain socially technologically
economically and politically. Blockchain Enabled Applications provides you with a clear
perspective of the ecosystem that has developed around the blockchain and the various
industries it has penetrated. What You'll Learn Implement the code-base from Fabric and
Sawtooth two open source blockchain-efforts being developed under the Hyperledger Project.
Evaluate the benefits of integrating blockchain with emerging technologies such as machine
learning and artificial intelligence in the cloud. Use the practical insights provided by the
case studies to your own projects or start-up ideas. Set up a development environment to
compile and manage projects. Who This Book Is For Developers who are interested in learning
about the blockchain as a data-structure the recent advancements being made and how to
implement the code-base. Decision makers within large corporations (product managers directors
or CIO level executives) interested in implementing the blockchain who need more practical
insights and not just theory.
