Business Blockchain
What?
I introduce blockchain in business terms assuming no prior knowledge nor technical background. After giving a short history of its evolution, I outline the building blocks and describe how these come together in a business blockchain. I explain the platform choices and present a comprehensive framework for a successful first project. I also discuss security and privacy considerations, the potential for government usage and give comprehensive illustrations of business usage of the emerging technology.
My book includes 53 figures and tables, 85 references, 154 pages. It includes forewords by Dr Julia Glidden of Microsoft and Professor Lenny Koh from the University of Sheffield.
Why?
I’m convinced that blockchain is transformational when applied to the right business problem. But there is still an awareness gap with business practitioners just starting to understand blockchain’s full potential beyond its bitcoin roots. Business people still confuse blockchain with bitcoin! Business Blockchain bridges this awareness gap so we can find the right business challenges where blockchain can add most transformational value.
I hope to bring some clarity to what blockchain is and how it can help organisations - both commercial and government - prepare themselves for a future where complex transactions across multiple businesses can be fast, efficient and trusted.
How?
The book contents and approximate page count are as follows:
Foreword [6]
User guide [1]
1. Blockchain basics [10]
2. Brief history of blockchain [8]
3. Building blocks [18]
4. Platform choices [8]
5. First project [34]
6. Business usage [26]
7. Government blockchain [16]
8. Security and privacy [10]
9. Starting the journey [9]
Feedback
‘Excellent explanation in both simplistic and technical terms. Really developed my understanding of a truly interesting topic!’
‘This book offers a great introduction to Blockchain for both practitioners and researchers. It also, in the latter chapters, goes more in-depth about Blockchain and its transformational potential in different industries through a number of cases and examples.’
‘The book is well-presented, easy to follow and read, and I would recommend it to anyone interested in Blockchain.’
‘A great book that perfectly combines blockchain and business.’
‘The author gives a comprehensive, concise and easy-to-understand overall architecture about commercial blockchains.The theoretical explanation and practical application in the book gave me a wonderful inspiration.’
‘This book is ideal for those who are interested in understanding commercial blockchain and want to know what changes blockchain can make to modern business.’
‘A comprehensive overview of what blockchain is and is not and how/when it can be implemented to full effect. A must for anyone who is interested, it’s easy to read as a novice and contains essential insight, checklists and references blockchain practitioners would sorely miss. I liked the refreshingly human centred discussion at the business blockchain design stages. Also the realistic discussion of use cases currently furthering social and political cohesion has helped give me confidence inviting blockchain into our lives.’
Want to read the first chapter?
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