River Publishers Rapids in Computing and Information Science and Technology: Introduction to Blockchain Technology (Paperback)

This book explores the fundamentals and applications of Blockchain technology.

Readers will learn about the decentralized peer-to-peer network, distributed ledger, and the trust model that defines Blockchain technology.

They will also be introduced to the basic components of Blockchain (transaction, block, block header, and the chain), its operations (hashing, verification, validation, and consensus model), underlying algorithms, and essentials of trust (hard fork and soft fork).

Private and public Blockchain networks similar to Bitcoin and Ethereum will be introduced, as will concepts of Smart Contracts, Proof of Work and Proof of Stack.

Blockchain is an emerging technology that can radically improve transaction security at banking, supply chain, and other transaction networks.