Hands-on Blockchain with Hyperledger. Building Decentralized Applications with Hyperledger Fabric and Composer

Contents......Page 3
Preface......Page 13
Blockchain - Enterprise and Industry Perspective......Page 19
Defining the terms – what is a blockchain?......Page 20
Four core building blocks of blockchain framworks......Page 22
Fundamentals of the secure transaction processing protocol......Page 25
Where blockchain technology has been and where it's going......Page 26
Blockchain in the enterprise......Page 30
Enterprise design principles......Page 36
Business considerations for choosing a blockchain framework......Page 40
Technology considerations for choosing a blockchain framework......Page 42
Enterprise integration and designing for extensibility......Page 46
Other considerations......Page 48
Summary......Page 50
Exploring Hyperledger Fabric......Page 51
Building on the foundations of open computing......Page 52
Hyperledger frameworks, tools, and building blocks......Page 56
Hyperledger Fabric component design......Page 61
Hyperledger Fabric – the journey of a sample transaction......Page 72
Hyperledger Fabric explored......Page 75
Understanding governance in business networks powered by blockchain......Page 80
Summary......Page 84
Setting the Stage with a Business Scenario......Page 85
Trading and letter of credit......Page 86
Business scenario and use case......Page 87
Setting up the development environment......Page 95
Network components' configuration files......Page 109
Launching a sample trade network......Page 110
Summary......Page 111
Designing a Data and Transaction Model with Golang......Page 112
Starting the chaincode development......Page 113
Creating a chaincode......Page 116
Access control......Page 122
Implementing chaincode functions......Page 128
Testing chaincode......Page 134
Chaincode design topics......Page 139
Logging output......Page 146
Summary......Page 151
Exposing Network Assets and Transactions......Page 152
Building a complete application......Page 153
Integration with existing systems and processes......Page 188
Summary......Page 201
Business Networks......Page 202
A busy world of purposeful activity......Page 203
Defining business networks......Page 204
Introducing participants......Page 205
Introducing assets......Page 209
Introducing transactions......Page 215
Discussing events from the perspective of designing a business network using Composer......Page 223
Implementing a business network......Page 227
Summary......Page 231
The letter of credit sample......Page 232
Analyzing the letter of credit process......Page 249
A description of the business network......Page 251
A model of the business network......Page 254
Examining the live network......Page 265
Creating business network APIs......Page 279
Summary......Page 294
Agility in a Blockchain Network......Page 295
Defining the promotion process......Page 296
Configuring a continuous integration pipeline......Page 301
Configuring your Git repository......Page 309
Testing the end-to-end process......Page 316
Updating the network......Page 325
Summary......Page 327
Life in a Blockchain Network......Page 329
Modifying or upgrading a Hyperledger Fabric application......Page 330
System monitoring and performance......Page 358
Summary......Page 374
Governance, Necessary Evil of Regulated Industries......Page 375
Decentralization and governance......Page 376
Exploring the business models......Page 377
Role of governance in a business network......Page 386
Business domains and processes......Page 388
Governance structure......Page 392
Governance and the IT solution......Page 395
Summary......Page 401
Hyperledger Fabric Security......Page 402
Hyperledger Fabric design goals impacting security......Page 403
Hyperledger Fabric architecture......Page 405
Network bootstrap and governance – the first step towards security......Page 408
Strong identities – the key to the security of the Hyperledger Fabric network......Page 411
Chaincode security......Page 415
Common threats and how Hyperledger Fabric mitigates them......Page 417
Hyperledger Fabric and Quantum Computing......Page 419
General data protection regulation (GDPR) considerations......Page 420
Summary......Page 421
The Future of Blockchain and the Challenges Ahead......Page 422
Summary of key Hyperledger projects......Page 423
The road ahead for Blockchain......Page 426
Staying engaged with the Hyperledger blockchain......Page 431
Summary......Page 434
Index......Page 435