CONTENT
1. Introducing Blockchain
1.1 Blockchains Overview
1.2 The Structure of Blockchains
1.3 Blockchain Applications
1.4 The Blockchain Life Cycle
1.5 The Driving Force of Blockchains
1.6 Blockchains in Use
2. Picking a Blockchain
2.1 The Practical Applications of Blockchains
2.2 Choosing a Solution
3. Getting Blockchain
3.1 Diving into Blockchain Technology
3.2 Securing and Exchanging Cryptocurrency
4. Encountering the Ethereum Blockchain
4.1 Exploring the Brief History of Ethereum
4.2 Ethereum: The Open-Source World Wide Computer
4.3 Getting Up and Running on Ethereum
4.4 Building Your First Decentralized Autonomous Organization
4.5 Uncovering the Future of DAOs
4.6 Creating Your Own ERC20 Tokens
5. Uncovering the Cardano Blockchain
5.1 Getting to Know Cardano
5.2 Understanding Ouroboros: Cardano’s Blockchain Consensus
5.3 Meeting ADA: The Native Token of Cardano
5.4 Building Smart Contracts with Marlowe
6. Finding the Polkadot Blockchain
6.1 Understanding the Polkadot Ecosystem of Specialized Chains
6.2 Digging Deeper into Polkadot: The Blockchain of Blockchains
6.3 Getting Up and Running on Polkadot
6.4 Uncovering Governance on Polkadot
6.5 Nominating Your Validators
7. Examining the Solana Blockchain
7.1 Uncovering Solana
7.2 Getting Up and Running on Solana
7.3 Building a DAO on Solana
8. Hyperledger
8.1 Getting to Know Hyperledger
8.2 Identifying Key Hyperledger Projects
8.3 Working with Hyperledger Besu
9. Getting Busy with IBM
9.1 IBM Blockchain Platform
9.2 Business Blockchain on Bluemix
9.3 Watson’s Smart Blockchain
9.4 Building Your Starter Network on Big Blue
10. Financial Technology
10.1 Hauling Out Your Crystal Ball: Future Banking Trends
10.2 Going International: Global Financial Products
10.3 Squeezing Out Fraud
11. Real Estate
11.1 Eliminating Title Insurance
11.2 Mortgages in the Blockchain World
11.3 Forecasting Regional Trends
12. Insurance
12.1 Precisely Tailoring Coverage
12.2 Witnessing for You: The Internet of Things
12.3 Taking Out the Third Party in Insurance
13. Government
13.1 Global Regulatory Action
13.2 The Smart Cities of Asia
13.3 The Battle for the Financial Capital of the World
13.4 Securing the World’s Borders
14. Other Industries
14.1 Lean Governments
14.2 The Trust Layer for the Internet
14.3 Oracle of the Blockchain
15. Ten (or So) Free Blockchain Resources
15.1 Ethereum
15.2 Got Minted
15.3 Blockchain University
15.4 Bitcoin Core
15.5 Blockchain Alliance
15.6 Multichain Blog
15.7 HiveMind
15.8 Smith + Crown
15.9 Unchained and Unconfirmed Podcasts
16. Ten Rules to Never Break on the Blockchain
16.1 Don’t Use Cryptocurrency or Blockchains to Skirt the Law
16.2 Keep Your Contracts as Simple as Possible
16.3 Publish with Great Caution
16.4 Back Up, Back Up, Back Up Your Private Keys
16.5 Triple-Check the Address Before Sending Currency
16.6 Take Care When Using Exchanges
16.7 Beware Wi-Fi
16.8 Identify Your Blockchain Dev
16.9 Don’t Get Suckered
16.10 Don’t Trade Tokens Unless You Know What You’re Doing
