This book gives a comprehensive overview of blockchain programming and its implementation in the wide range of blockchain-based applications such as cross-border payment, digital banking, and digital identities. The consistent thrive of the blockchain phenomenon and the ecosystem of e-business use cases have led to the Industrial Revolution in the e-business world, and it is demonstrated in this book. The digital advancement, interference, and transformation being brought through the influence of the blockchain advancements are creating waves across e-business verticals. The book caters to academics, industrial practitioners, and entrepreneurs working in the field of blockchain technology and programming.

This book is an exploration of Blockchain technology. The first part of the book guides you and helps you to understand what Blockchain technology is and where it is applied. The book also discusses the concept behind Blockchain technology in a bid to help the reader understand how the technology works. This discussion is based on how records are updated, how and where they are stored, and how the security of such records is maintained. The differences between the permissioned and public Blockchains are explored to help the reader distinguish between the two. The book discusses how blockchain technology has impacted the finance sector. The reader is then guided on how to do Blockchain programming using C# programming language. You are shown how to setup the tools necessary to program Blockchains in C#. The process of transferring Bitcoins is then discussed in detail. You will also learn how the transactions in Bitcoins are signed. The process of generating and encrypting keys in a Blockchain is examined in detail. The following topics are explored in this book: -Introduction to BlockChain Technology -How BlockChain Technology Works -Public vs. Permissioned Blockchains -Blockchain Technology and Finance -Blockchain Programming with C# -Bitcoin Transfer -Generation and Encryption of Keys

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Become a Blockchain developer and design, build, publish, test, maintain and secure scalable decentralized Blockchain projects using Bitcoin, Ethereum, NEO, EOS and Hyperledger. This book helps you understand Blockchain beyond development and crypto to better harness its power and capability. You will learn tips to start your own project, and best practices for testing, security, and even compliance. Immerse yourself in this technology and review key topics such as cryptoeconomics, coding your own Blockchain P2P network, different consensus mechanisms, decentralized ledger, mining, wallets, blocks, and transactions. Additionally, this book provides you with hands-on practical tools and examples for creating smart contracts and dApps for different blockchains such as Ethereum, NEO, EOS, and Hyperledger. Aided by practical, real-world coding examples, you’ll see how to build dApps with Angular utilizing typescript from start to finish, connect to the blockchain network locally on a test network, and publish on the production mainnet environment. Don’t be left out of the next technology revolution – become a Blockchain developer using The Blockchain Developer today. What You’ll Learn Explore the Blockchain ecosystem is and the different consensus mechanisms Create miners, wallets, transactions, distributed networks and DApps Review the main features of Bitcoin: Ethereum, NEO and EOS, and Hyperledger are Interact with popular node clients as well as implementing your own Blockchain Publish and test your projects for security and scalability Who This Book Is For Developers, architects and engineers who are interested in learning about Blockchain or implementing Blockchain into a new greenfield project or integrating Blockchain into a brownfield project. Technical entrepreneurs, technical investors or even executives who want to better understand Blockchain technology and its potential.

Implement real-world decentralized applications using Python, Vyper, Populus, and Ethereum Key FeaturesStay up-to-date with everything you need to know about the blockchain ecosystemImplement smart contracts, wallets, and decentralized applications(DApps) using Python librariesGet deeper insights into storing content in a distributed storage platformBook Description Blockchain is seen as the main technological solution that works as a public ledger for all cryptocurrency transactions. This book serves as a practical guide to developing a full-fledged decentralized application with Python to interact with the various building blocks of blockchain applications. Hands-On Blockchain for Python Developers starts by demonstrating how blockchain technology and cryptocurrency hashing works. You will understand the fundamentals and benefits of smart contracts such as censorship resistance and transaction accuracy. As you steadily progress, you'll go on to build smart contracts using Vyper, which has a similar syntax to Python. This experience will further help you unravel the other benefits of smart contracts, including reliable storage and backup, and efficiency. You'll also use web3.py to interact with smart contracts and leverage the power of both the web3.py and Populus framework to build decentralized applications that offer security and seamless integration with cryptocurrencies. As you explore later chapters, you'll learn how to create your own token on top of Ethereum and build a cryptocurrency wallet graphical user interface (GUI) that can handle Ethereum and Ethereum Request for Comments (ERC-20) tokens using the PySide2 library. This will enable users to seamlessly store, send, and receive digital money. Toward the end, you'll implement InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) technology in your decentralized application to provide a peer-to-peer filesystem that can store and expose media. By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed in blockchain programming and be able to build end-to-end decentralized applications on a range of domains using Python. What you will learnUnderstand blockchain technology and what makes it an immutable databaseUse the features of web3.py API to interact with the smart contractCreate your own cryptocurrency and token in Ethereum using VyperUse IPFS features to store content on the decentralized storage platformImplement a Twitter-like decentralized application with a desktop frontendBuild decentralized applications in the shape of console, web, and desktop applicationsWho this book is for If you are a Python developer who wants to enter the world of blockchain, Hands-On Blockchain for Python Developers is for you. The book will be your go-to guide to becoming well-versed with the blockchain ecosystem and building your own decentralized applications using Python and library support.

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Explore the essentials of blockchain technology with JavaScript to develop highly secure bitcoin-like applications Key FeaturesDevelop bitcoin and blockchain-based cryptocurrencies using JavaScriptCreate secure and high-performant blockchain networksBuild custom APIs and decentralized networks to host blockchain applicationsBook Description Learn Blockchain Programming with JavaScript begins by giving you a clear understanding of what blockchain technology is. You’ll then set up an environment to build your very own blockchain and you’ll add various functionalities to it. By adding functionalities to your blockchain such as the ability to mine new blocks, create transactions, and secure your blockchain through a proof-of-work you’ll gain an in-depth understanding of how blockchain technology functions. As you make your way through the chapters, you’ll learn how to build an API server to interact with your blockchain and how to host your blockchain on a decentralized network. You’ll also build a consensus algorithm and use it to verify data and keep the entire blockchain network synchronized. In the concluding chapters, you’ll finish building your blockchain prototype and gain a thorough understanding of why blockchain technology is so secure and valuable. By the end of this book, you'll understand how decentralized blockchain networks function and why decentralization is such an important feature for securing a blockchain. What you will learnGain an in-depth understanding of blockchain and the environment setupCreate your very own decentralized blockchain network from scratchBuild and test the various endpoints necessary to create a decentralized networkLearn about proof-of-work and the hashing algorithm used to secure dataMine new blocks, create new transactions, and store the transactions in blocksExplore the consensus algorithm and use it to synchronize the blockchain networkWho this book is for Learn Blockchain Programming with JavaScript is for JavaScript developers who wish to learn about blockchain programming or build their own blockchain using JavaScript frameworks.