Blockchain Applications

This book gives readers a complete knowledge about the concept of Blockchain technology. The book explores the various concepts of blockchain technology from scratch and provides a detailed description of all the essential concepts for a better understanding of the readers. References and further reading have been provided at the end of each chapter of the book, and all those interested in going in-depth about the concept other than the information provided and recorded in the book can utilize these references.
The case study chapters consist of code samples, which gives additional insight on the coding done in the blockchain technology even though the book is not stepped by step guide or tutorial specifically aimed at explaining the coding in the blockchain. Instead, the emphasis has been laid on the more important and essential and bigger concepts and technical considerations in the designs in applications that are based on the blockchain network. The book has basically and primarily been written for software engineers and architects, the developers and the Chief Information Officers and also the researchers and the students engaged in these areas of work.
The book provides an insight into the architecture of all the software systems that make use of blockchain technology. The book acts as a tutorial and guide regarding assessing the suitability of a blockchain and on designing applications that are blockchain-based and explores the various kinds of architectural designs and also the trade-offs. The book comprises of several examples of blockchain-based applications, existing blockchain platforms and can be used for reference in the case of patterns of design of the blockchain networks. The book consists of diagrams that are used to explain the concepts in a manner that is understandable and useful to all the readers. However, the use of mathematical formulas has been limited to a great degree unless very necessary, such as in the case of cost estimation.