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Building Blocks of Blockchain

Basics of Blockchain





About the Book & Author


“Simplicity is the glory of expression”  - Walt Whitman. 

 The aim of the book is to put the complexity of blockchain technology in the simplest possible form. I am a software engineer by profession. I am in the field of software development from more than 1.5 decades. I have architected and delivered couple of complex projects for the organizations I worked for. I love to play with the problem of distributed caching, distributed computing and Application Scalability.
I am involved with Blockchain technology from last couple of years. The purpose of the book is to share the knowledge I have built over the time, in the simplest possible format. The book covers various aspect of Blockchain like Business, Technology and Investments. 
Blockchain is new technology and there is a lot of information spread across on the internet and on various books. This book is an attempt to bring the core concepts of blockchain in the simplest possible form. This is the book I would have loved to read on day one.
This book is designed to keep in mind both technical and non-technical people. It covers Business purpose, Technology and Investment aspect of Blockchain. Core concepts of Blockchain, Bitcoin and Ethereum are explained in layman’s term. Also for a programmer, there is no better learning then build your own solution. Keeping this in mind, a proof of concept implementation of blockchain is done using Java. The coding exercise cover the step by step implementation of key concepts like block creation, Hash (digital signature) generation of block, Proof of Work ,Mining, Wallet creation ,Transaction between 2 wallet etc
I hope you enjoy reading it and also enjoy creating Blockchain of your own with the help of the code walkthrough in this book.  Any feedback is appreciated.
                                                                                                                Anil Sinha





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