Blockchain For Dummies, 3rd Edition
- Length: 272 pages
- Edition: 3
- Language: English
- Publisher: For Dummies
- Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- ISBN-10: 1394159668
- ISBN-13: 9781394159666
- Sales Rank: #413719 (See Top 100 Books)
Carve out your niche in the exploding world of blockchain technology
Cryptocurrency, NFTs, smart contracts, and ever-more-important business and finance functions―they all run on blockchain. Blockchain For Dummies is the must-have guide to the basics of blockchain. This clear reference breaks down exactly what blockchain technology is, how it’s used across industries, and what it all means for you and your investment portfolio. Learn the latest token standards, emerging tools and platforms, and opportunities that you’ll want to hop aboard. This book demystifies all of it, so you can understand and profit from this major disruptor in the world of finance. Evaluate new ideas and trends, make smarter decisions, and establish your presence on your blockchains of choice.
- Peek under the hood of the new tech that’s changing finance (and everything else)
- Learn how blockchain powers cryptocurrency and smart contracts
- Launch your own blockchain apps on stable platforms
- Understand and take advantage of blockchain investment opportunities
Investors, financial pros, and technologists who need Blockchain 101 will love Blockchain For Dummies. Exploring blockchain to build your personal portfolio? This book has your essentials.
Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here Part 1 Getting Started with Blockchain Chapter 1 Introducing Blockchain Beginning at the Beginning: What Blockchains Are What blockchains do Why blockchains matter The Structure of Blockchains Blockchain Applications The Blockchain Life Cycle Consensus: The Driving Force of Blockchains Blockchains in Use Current blockchain uses Future blockchain applications Chapter 2 Picking a Blockchain Where Blockchains Add Substance Determining your needs Defining your goal Choosing a Solution Drawing a blockchain decision tree Making a plan Chapter 3 Getting Your Hands on Blockchain Diving into Blockchain Technology Creating a secure environment Downloading and installing the Brave browser Downloading and installing ProtonVPN Downloading, installing, and securing MetaMask Buying your first Bitcoin Securing and Exchanging Your Cryptocurrency Downloading Jaxx Securing your Jaxx wallet Transferring Bitcoin to Jaxx Trading Bitcoin for Ether Loading up your MetaMask account Setting up a CryptoKitties account Purchasing CryptoKitties Breeding your CryptoKitties Leasing your CryptoKitties Part 2 Developing Your Knowledge Chapter 4 Beholding the Bitcoin Blockchain Getting a Brief History of the Bitcoin Blockchain The New Bitcoin: Bitcoin Cash Debunking Some Common Bitcoin Misconceptions Bitcoin: The New Wild West Fake sites No, you first! Get-rich-quick schemes Mining for Bitcoins Making Your First Paper Wallet Chapter 5 Encountering the Ethereum Blockchain Exploring the Brief History of Ethereum Ethereum: The Open-Source World Wide Computer Decentralized applications: Welcome to the future The power of decentralized autonomous organizations Hacking a Blockchain Unearthing Ethereum DAOs DAO governance DAO membership Understanding smart contracts Discovering the cryptocurrency Ether Getting Up and Running on Ethereum Mining for ether Setting up your Ethereum wallet Building Your First Decentralized Autonomous Organization Test net and congress Governance and voting Uncovering the Future of DAOs Putting money in a DAO Building smarter smart contracts Finding bugs in the system Uncovering DAOhaus on Ethereum Building and configuring your own DAO club on DAOhaus Creating Your Own ERC20 Tokens Seeing up your GitHub account Requesting KETH on the Gitter Faucet Creating your tokens Reserving your token symbol Creating your tokens Getting your hands on your tokens Chapter 6 Uncovering the Cardano Blockchain Getting to Know Cardano Understanding Ouroboros: Cardano’s Blockchain Consensus Meeting ADA: The Native Token of Cardano Buying and selling ADA Swimming in the ADA stake pools Pledging your ADA Picking an ADA pool Delegating your ADA in a stake pool Setting up your system for staking Step 1: Get your ADA wallet Step 2: Making sure you don’t lose your wallet Step 3: Setting up your Yoroi wallet Step 4: Getting your hands on some ADA Step 5: Staking your ADA Building Smart Contracts with Marlowe Chapter 7 Finding the Polkadot Blockchain Understanding the Polkadot Ecosystem of Specialized Chains Digging Deeper into Polkadot: The Blockchain of Blockchains Substrate: The framework of the Polkadot blockchain Uncovering parachains Seeing what nominated proof of stake has to offer Getting Up and Running on Polkadot Step 1: Download the DOT browser extension Step 2: Configuring the DOT browser extension Step 3: Joining a nomination pool Step 4: Claiming your rewards Uncovering Governance on Polkadot Proposing a referendum Blockchain democracy in action Nominating Your Validators Step 1: Getting connected to the staking dashboard Step 2: Nominating a Polkadot validator Chapter 8 Examining the Solana Blockchain Uncovering Solana Solana’s proof of history Solana’s native token Accounts on Solana Rent on Solana Public keys and Solana Solana’s clusters Getting Up and Running on Solana Creating a Playground wallet Creating a Solana program Importing the solana-program crate Writing your program logic Deploying your program Initializing your client Step 1: Running your program Step 2: Creating your transaction Step 3: Signing your transaction Running your application Building a DAO on Solana Creating a Solana wallet Getting your hands on SOL Creating a DAO on Realms Part 3 Powerful Blockchain Platforms Chapter 9 Getting Your Hands on Hyperledger Getting to Know Hyperledger Identifying Key Hyperledger Projects Focusing on Fabric Looking at the Inter-American Development Bank’s work on Fabric Double-checking identity Quantum-proofing LACChain Economic sustainability Future governance of LACChain Investigating the Iroha project Introducing Sumeragi: The new consensus algorithm Developing mobile apps Diving into Sawtooth Lake Working with Hyperledger Besu Setting up your system for Besu Step 1: Preparing your system to install Besu Step 2: Installing Java Getting up and running on Besu Step 1: Installing Besu Step 2: Installing Teku Step 3: Starting Besu Chapter 10 Applying Microsoft Azure Bletchley: The Modular Blockchain Fabric Cryptlets for encrypting and authenticating Utility and Contract Cryptlets and CryptoDelegates Building in the Azure Ecosystem Deploying Blockchain Tools on Azure Exploring Ethereum on Azure Cortana: Your analytics machine learning tool Visualizing your data with Power BI Managing your access on Azure’s Active Directory Getting Started with Chain on Azure Using financial services on Azure’s Chain Chain’s three-pronged approach to distributed ledger Building your own ledger with Sequence Chain Protocol’s native cryptocurrency Chain’s cloud for Web 3.0 Chapter 11 Getting Busy with IBM IBM Blockchain Platform Supply chain World trade Health care Business Blockchain on Bluemix Watson’s Smart Blockchain Building Your Starter Network on Big Blue Part 4 Industry Impacts Chapter 12 Financial Technology Hauling Out Your Crystal Ball: Future Banking Trends Moving money faster: Across borders and more Creating permanent history Going International: Global Financial Products Border-free payroll Faster and better trade Guaranteed payments Micropayments: The new nature of transactions Squeezing Out Fraud Chapter 13 Real Estate Eliminating Title Insurance Protected industries Consumers and Fannie Mae Mortgages in the Blockchain World Reducing your origination costs Knowing your last-known document Forecasting Regional Trends The United States and Europe: Infrastructure congestion China: Uncertain state The developing world: Roadblocks to blockchain Chapter 14 Insurance Precisely Tailoring Coverage Insuring the individual The new world of micro insurance Witnessing for You: The Internet of Things IoT projects in insurance Implications of actionable big data Taking Out the Third Party in Insurance Decentralized security Crowdfunded coverage The implications of DAO insurance Chapter 15 Government Global Regulatory Action The Smart Cities of Asia Singapore satellite cities in India China’s big data problem The Battle for the Financial Capital of the World London’s early foresight The regulatory sandbox of Singapore The Dubai 2020 initiative Bitlicense regulatory framework: New York City Friendly legal structure of Malta Securing the World’s Borders The Department of Homeland Security and the identity of things Passports of the future The new feeder document Chapter 16 Other Industries Lean Governments Singapore’s Smart Nation project Estonia’s e-Residency Better notarization in China The Trust Layer for the Internet Web 3.0 email Owning your identity in web3 Oracle of the Blockchain Trusted authorship Intellectual property rights Part 5 The Part of Tens Chapter 17 Ten (or So) Free Blockchain Resources Ethereum Got Minted Blockchain University Bitcoin Core Blockchain Alliance Multichain Blog HiveMind Smith + Crown Unchained and Unconfirmed Podcasts Chapter 18 Ten Rules to Never Break on the Blockchain Don’t Use Cryptocurrency or Blockchains to Skirt the Law Keep Your Contracts as Simple as Possible Publish with Great Caution Back Up, Back Up, Back Up Your Private Keys Triple-Check the Address Before Sending Currency Take Care When Using Exchanges Beware Wi-Fi Identify Your Blockchain Dev Don’t Get Suckered Don’t Trade Tokens Unless You Know What You’re Doing Chapter 19 Ten Top Metaverse Projects Decentraland The Sandbox Axie Infinity MetaStreet Enjin Coin Metahero Star Atlas Bloktopia Highstreet Voxels Index 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