BOOK

Blockchains : decentralized and verifiable data systems

Ruan, Pingcheng, author, Dinh, Tien Tuan Anh, author, Loghin, Dumitrel, author, Zhang, Meihui, author, Chen, Gang, author

2022

Overview

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.

• Publisher: Springer
• Subject: Blockchains (Databases)
• ISBN: 9783031139789, 303113978X

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
QA76.9.B56 R83 2022	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE