Author(s) Name:  Pethuru Raj, Kavita Saini, Chellammal Surianarayanan

About the Book:

   Blockchain is emerging as a powerful technology, which has attracted the wider attention of all businesses across the globe. In addition to financial businesses, IT companies and business organizations are keenly analyzing and adapting this technology for improving business processes. Security is the primary enterprise application. There are other crucial applications that include creating decentralized applications and smart contracts, which are being touted as the key differentiator of this pioneering technology. The power of any technology lies in its ecosystem. Product and tool vendors are building and releasing a variety of versatile and robust toolsets and platforms in order to speed up and simplify blockchain application development, deployment and management. There are other infrastructure-related advancements in order to streamline blockchain adoption. Cloud computing, big data analytics, machine and deep learning algorithm, and connected and embedded devices all are driving blockchain application development and deployment.
  Blockchain Technology and Applications illustrates how blockchain is being sustained through a host of platforms, programming languages, and enabling tools. It examines:
   • Data confidential, integrity, and authentication
   • Distributed consensus protocols and algorithms
   • Blockchain systems design criteria and systems interoperability and scalability Integration with other technologies including cloud and big data

Table of Contents

1. Distributed Computing and/or Distributed Database Systems
2. Blockchain Components and Concept
3. Blockchain and IoT Security
4. Consensus Algorithms – A Survey
5. Optimized Digital Transformation in Government Services with Blockchain
6. Blockchain and Social Media
7. Assessing Security Features of Blockchain Technology
8. Merger of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain
9. Identification of Blockchain-Enabled Opportunities and Their Business Values: Interoperability of Blockchain
10. Enabling Digital Twin through Blockchain: A Strategic Perspective
11. Blockchain for Securing Internet of Things (IoT) Applications
12. Bitcoins and Crimes

ISBN:  9780367533403

Publisher:  Auerbach Publications

Year of Publication:  2020

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