Blockchain For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

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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