Bitcoin and Blockchain: History and Current Applications

Book Overview

In recent years, blockchain development has grown quickly from the original Bitcoin protocol to the second-generation Ethereum platform, and to today's process of building third-generation blockchains. During this evolution, we can see how blockchain technology has evolved from its original form as a distributed database to becoming a fully fledged, globally distributed, cloud computing platform. This book traces the past, present, and future of blockchain technology.

Presents the knowledge and history of Bitcoin

Offers blockchain applications

Discusses developing working code for real-world blockchain applications

Includes many real-life examples

Covers the original Bitcoin protocol to the second-generation Ethereum platform

Bitcoin and Blockchain: History and Current Applications is a useful reference for students, business schools, research scholars, practitioners, and business analytics professionals.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367547716
• ISBN13: 9780367547714
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"