Tag: Blockchains

December 9, 2024

Blockchains A Handbook on Fundamentals, Platforms and Applications (Advances in Information Security, 105)

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Free Download Blockchains: A Handbook on Fundamentals, Platforms and Applications (Advances in Information Security, 105) by Sushmita Ruj, Salil S. Kanhere, Mauro Conti
English | March 8, 2024 | ISBN: 3031321456 | 633 pages | MOBI | 32 Mb
This handbook is a selection of foundational aspects, security analysis, platforms, and applications of blockchains that consists of four parts. The first part introduces the basic building blocks such as distributed computing and cryptography. Consensus algorithms that form the basic backbone of blockchain protocols are presented. Various cryptographic tools like hash functions, digital signatures and commitment schemes are also introduced. Advanced cryptographic techniques such as zero knowledge protocols, secret sharing, verifiable random functions that are used for privacy-preserving and secure design are discussed.

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April 25, 2024

Blockchains in 6G

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Free Download Blockchains in 6G: A Standardized Approach To Permissioned Distributed Ledgers
English | 2024 | ISBN: 877004094X | 391Pages | PDF (True) | 16.4 MB
Based on work done within ETSI, this comprehensive guide dives deep into the heart of blockchains and their imminent intersection with 6G. Whether you’re a tech enthusiast or an industry expert, this book promises to enlighten, engage, and inspire, drawing you into the exciting intersection of 6G and blockchains.

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January 14, 2024

Blockchains Decentralized and Verifiable Data Systems (Synthesis Lectures on Data Management)

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Free Download Blockchains: Decentralized and Verifiable Data Systems (Synthesis Lectures on Data Management) by Pingcheng Ruan, Tien Tuan Anh Dinh, Dumitrel Loghin
English | December 5, 2022 | ISBN: 303113978X | 133 pages | MOBI | 7.30 Mb
This book takes readers through the sensational history of blockchains and their potential to revolutionize database systems of the future. In order to demystify blockchains, the book capitalizes on decades of research and field testing of existing database and distributed systems and applies these familiar concepts to the novel blockchain system. It then utilizes this framework to explore the essential block platform underpinning blockchains, which is often misunderstood as a specific attribute of cryptocurrencies rather than the core of the decentralized system independent of application. The book explores the nature of these decentralized systems, which have no single owner and build robustness through a multitude of stakeholder contributions. In this way, blockchains can build trust into existing systems and thus present attractive solutions for various domains across both academia and industry. Despite this, high-impact and real-world applications of blockchain have yet to be realized outside of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. The book establishes how this new data system, if properly applied, can disrupt the sector in much the same way databases did so many years ago. The book explores the fundamental technical limitations that may be preventing blockchain from realizing this potential and how to overcome or mitigate them. Readers who are completely new to blockchains will find this book to be a comprehensive survey of the state of the art in blockchain technology. Readers with some experience of blockchains, for example through developing cryptocurrencies, will likely find the book’s database perspective enlightening. Finally, researchers already working with blockchain will learn to identify existing gaps in the design space and explore potential solutions for creating the next generation of blockchain systems.

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January 8, 2024

Principles and Practice of Blockchains

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Free Download Principles and Practice of Blockchains by Kevin Daimi, Ioanna Dionysiou, Nour El Madhoun
English | November 23, 2022 | ISBN: 3031105060 | 408 pages | MOBI | 12 Mb
This book provides an essential compilation of relevant and cutting edge academic and industry work on key Blockchain topics. This book concentrates on a wide range of advances related to Blockchains which include, among others, Blockchain principles, architecture and concepts with emphasis on key and innovative theories, methodologies, schemes and technologies of Blockchain, Blockchain platforms and architecture, Blockchain protocols, sensors and devices for Blockchain, Blockchain foundations, and reliability analysis of Blockchain-based systems. Further, it provides a glimpse of future directions where cybersecurity applications are headed. The book is a rich collection of carefully selected and reviewed manuscripts written by diverse cybersecurity application experts in the listed fields and edited by prominent cybersecurity applications researchers and specialists.

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January 6, 2024

Interacting with Blockchains in the Wolfram Language

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Free Download Interacting with Blockchains in the Wolfram Language
Released 1/2024
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280×720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Skill Level: Intermediate | Genre: eLearning | Language: English + srt | Duration: 34m | Size: 73 MB
This course showcases features and functions available in Wolfram Language for reading and writing data to blockchains. Examples demonstrate transactions from a real crypto wallet as well as a wide variety of external services and APIs working in tandem with Wolfram technology. Check out this course to learn how to connect to a blockchain and access information about its properties, get information about tokens, interact with smart contracts; use built-in Wolfram Language functions to explore blockchain data, perform cryptocurrency conversions, and read and write data to blockchains.

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