Think Blockchain: A Student's Guide to Blockchain's Evolution from Bitcoin, Ethereum, Hyperle

Think Blockchain provides an entertaining and balanced education of:
The evolution and breakthroughs in blockchain technology from:

Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Mining,
Ethereum Tokens Smart Contracts,
Hyperledger Modularity for Enterprises.

Also covering... Blockchain's relationship to:
Cybersecurity AI Internet of Things Quantum Computing

And... Paving a road to Web3 with:
Digital Assets NFTs Self-sovereign Identity Data Privacy

The chapters are filled with unique images, many provided by designer Shaun Lynch, which complement the concepts in a unique way. The book combines both an aspirational and pragmatic overview of blockchain technology, its core capabilities, and the value they generate from a technical and business perspective. It describes various real-world examples, implementations, and approaches, with industry-specific and cross-industry use cases.

Developers will benefit from this book as several of the chapters are technical in nature, some even including simple coding exercises to further crystalize topics like blocks, chains, hashing, mining, smart contracts, and tokens.

Business leaders will equally benefit and are provided with a basis for understanding and evaluating how blockchain technology can transform their organization and business processes. Jerry encourages business leaders to look over the simple coding examples. They won't bite and might better illustrate what makes blockchain tick.
Business or technical, the topics covered in this book will prove valuable to just about anyone curious and ready to become a scholar of blockchain.

Here are a few of the most essential takeaways from Think Blockchain:

If databases were birds, blockchain would be a duck
Blockchain's truly brilliant architecture is built on decades-old fundamental research in cryptography, distributed transaction processing, game theory, and yes--database technology too.

Bitcoin is just one of one thousand applications of blockchain
Applying blockchain technology broadly will transform industries--because its application can go far beyond cryptocurrency and Bitcoin. Blockchain technology comes in many shapes and sizes. Modern blockchain is flexible and ultra-efficient.

Decentralized blockchain establishes unprecedented trust
How much decentralizing is good enough to establish trust? Designing your blockchain application with a Minimally Viable Decentralization (MVD) is the key to balance performance and unprecedented trust.

Blockchain-based trust breeds wide-scale adoption
Blockchain's combination of reputational trust and algorithmic trust calms fear, trepidation and encourages wide-scale usage from a large, diverse population of users. When this trust model is applied correctly, a safe, secure, and vibrant ecosystem will quickly emerge.

Blockchain at the nexus of emerging technology
Trust is also essential for the wide-scale adoption of emerging technologies. With software and open source eating the world, trusting technology is not an option; it is essential.

Web3 is the future internet fueled by blockchain
While many say Web3 is the future of the internet, skeptics say, it's just a buzzword. There is no doubt in my mind that the wonderful thing that we call internet will evolve. The next wave must tackle the toughest challenges covered in this book, however, doing so will provide a means to flow more control and rewards to those creating the value on the web.

Blockchain is changing everyday life for good
The final key takeaway is that blockchain is a technology that is poised to change everyday life for the better. Blockchain as a technology and a mindset breeds trustworthy computing and becomes the fuel that propels Web3 and the future of our internet - for good