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

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