Blockchain: An Essential Beginner's Guide to Understanding Blockchain Technology, Cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and the Future of Money

Blockchain: An Essential Beginner's Guide to Understanding Blockchain Technology, Cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and the Future of Money

by Herbert Jones
Blockchain: An Essential Beginner's Guide to Understanding Blockchain Technology, Cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and the Future of Money

Blockchain: An Essential Beginner's Guide to Understanding Blockchain Technology, Cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and the Future of Money

by Herbert Jones

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Overview

Do you want to find out what Blockchain is, how it works, and what it can do for you?

This book could be the answer you are looking for...

This book is the ultimate beginner's guide to understanding blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, bitcoin and the future of money.

In this guide, we shall be discussing everything there is to know about cryptocurrencies, their impact on the future of money and trade, and most importantly, how you can prepare yourself for the disruptive technology that is the blockchain. 

Here is just some of the information covered in this book:

- The History of Money

- What is the Blockchain Technology?

- History of the Blockchain

- A Chronological Development of Blockchain Related Technologies

- Benefits of the Blockchain Technology

- Disadvantages of Using Blockchain Technology

- Understanding Ethereum

- How Ethereum Developed

- How Ethereum Works

- How Smart Contracts Work

- The Application Possibilities for Smart Contracts

- How Mining Works

- How to Get Started with Blockchain and Implementing Blockchain into Business Operations

- Blockchain-Based Applications You Can Integrate Into Your Business

- How to Get Started with Smart Contract and Ethereum Web Development

- Understanding Cryptocurrencies and their Emergence

- How Cryptocurrencies Work

- Bitcoin Lifecycle: How Cryptocurrency Transactions Work

- How to Invest In Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies

- And Much More!


Product Details

BN ID: 2940163571048
Publisher: Herbert Jones
Publication date: 08/07/2019
Sold by: Draft2Digital
Format: eBook
File size: 1 MB

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

SECTION 1

MONEY AS WE NOW KNOW IT: THE PAST & PRESENT

THE HISTORY OF MONEY

THE ORIGINS OF MONEY AND BANKING

Functions Of Money

FACTORS THAT LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MONEY

Money in Its Primitive Form

THE INVENTION OF COINS AND BANKING

Usage of Coin In Ancient Greece

HOW MONEY EXCHANGES AND CREDIT TRANSFER DEVELOPED

HOW CURRENCY CENTRALIZATION AND MONOPOLY OVER MONEY-MINTING STARTED

Early Forms of Counterfeit Currency Checks

THE INTRODUCTION OF PAPER MONEY

MONEY IN THE PRESENT: PLASTIC MONEY

SECTION 2

UNDERSTANDING THE BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY

BLOCKCHAIN 101: A SUCCINCT GUIDE

WHAT IS THE BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY?

HISTORY OF THE BLOCKCHAIN

A CHRONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF BLOCKCHAIN RELATED TECHNOLOGIES

BENEFITS OF THE BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY

DISADVANTAGES OF USING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY

SECTION 3

ETHEREUM GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS

UNDERSTANDING ETHEREUM

HOW ETHEREUM DEVELOPED

HOW ETHEREUM WORKS

HOW SMART CONTRACTS WORK

THE APPLICATION POSSIBILITIES FOR SMART CONTRACTS

MINING: HOW MINING WORKS

SECTION 4

A TECHNICAL GUIDE TO GETTING STARTED ON BLOCKCHAIN

GETTING STARTED ON BLOCKCHAIN: IMPLEMENTING BLOCKCHAIN INTO BUSINESS OPERATIONS

BLOCKCHAIN-BASED APPLICATIONS YOU CAN INTEGRATE INTO YOUR BUSINESS

SMART CONTRACT AND ETHEREUM WEB DEVELOPMENT: A PRACTICAL GETTING-STARTED GUIDE

SECTION 5

THE FUTURE OF MONEY: A CRYPTOCURRENCIES ET AL GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS

UNDERSTANDING CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND THEIR EMERGENCE

HOW CRYPTOCURRENCIES WORK

BITCOIN LIFECYCLE: HOW CRYPTOCURRENCY TRANSACTIONS WORK

HOW TO INVEST IN BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTOCURRENCIES

CONCLUSION

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