TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yi,Xun
AU  - Yang,Xuechao
AU  - Kelarev,Andrei
AU  - Lam,Kwok Yan
AU  - Tari,Zahir
TI  - Blockchain Foundations and Applications
T2  - SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
SN  - 9783031096709
U1  - 005.824 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Blockchains (Databases)
KW  - Computer science-Mathematics
KW  - Electronic commerce
KW  - Engineering mathematics
KW  - Engineering-Data processing
KW  - Medical informatics
KW  - Blockchain
KW  - Mathematics of Computing
KW  - e-Commerce and e-Business
KW  - Mathematical and Computational Engineering Applications
KW  - Health Informatics
N1  - Chapter 1. Cryptographic Primitives -- Chapter 2. Distributed Consensus -- Chapter 3. Bitcoin, Ethereum and Smart Contracts -- Chapter 4. Cryptocurrencies -- Chapter 5. Blockchain Types and Deployment Models -- Chapter 6. Blockchain Applications in Supply Chain -- Chapter 7. Blockchain Applications in Health Care -- Chapter 8. Blockchain Applications in Manufacturing -- Chapter 9. Conclusion
N2  - This monograph provides a comprehensive and rigorous exposition of the basic concepts and most important modern research results concerning blockchain and its applications. The book includes the required cryptographic fundamentals underpinning the blockchain technology, since understanding of the concepts of cryptography involved in the design of blockchain is necessary for mastering the security guarantees furnished by blockchain. It also contains an introduction to cryptographic primitives, and separate chapters on bitcoin, ethereum and smart contracts, public blockchain, private blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain applications. This volume is of great interest to active researchers who are keen to develop novel applications of blockchain in the field of their investigatio. Further, it is also beneficial for industry practitioners as well as undergraduate students in computing and information technology
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09670-9
ER  -