Lipovyanov - Blockchain for Business 2019

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Peter Lipovyanov is an experienced investment banker and venture investor currently focusing on blockchain projects and crypto-assets. A firm believer in the potential of blockchain technology to change the world for the better by facilitating financial inclusion across the globe and improving the efficiency of financial markets and other sectors of the economy, he has been involved in several promising blockchain projects building decentralized applications. His passion for education also led him to create a bestseller online course about the fundamental principles of blockchain technology and its business applications, which is the basis for this book.

Samanyu Chopra is a developer, entrepreneur, and blockchain supporter with wide experience of conceptualizing, developing, and producing computer and mobile software. He has been programming since the age of 11. He is proficient in programming languages such as JavaScript, Scala, C#, C++, and Swift. He has a wide range of experience in developing for computers and mobiles. He has been a supporter of Bitcoin and blockchain since its early days and has been part of wide-ranging decentralized projects for a long time. You can connect with him via LinkedIn.

Iqbal Singh is the CEO and founder of Immanent Solutions, a management-consulting and blockchain solutions firm based in Chandigarh, India. He is also the chief blockchain architect for the Blockchain Solutions Asia 2018 conference. Iqbal possesses 15 years' extensive hands-on experience in blockchain, IT, Internet of Things (IoT), AI, automation, and the RIA industry. Iqbal has provided business solutions for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, and R3's Corda blockchain platform. He heads 30 professional teams working in the fields of data science, algorithms, cryptography (SHA256, X11, and Script), blockchain, initial coin offerings (ICO), Coin, ERC20, Exchange, BTC, and ETH Expert Architect.

Narendranath Reddy is an experienced full-stack software engineer and Hyperledger Fabric expert with a proven track record of helping enterprises to build production-ready blockchain-backed applications. He is an experienced innovator and creative thinker. He has won four hackathons on blockchain and is a keynote speaker. He regularly speaks about blockchain and distributed ledgers and is currently working as a blockchain developer at Block Gemini, Dubai. Previously, he worked as a blockchain developer at Innominds, Hyderabad, and as a software developer at UST Global in Trivandrum and Madrid.

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Blockchain for Business 2019 is a comprehensive guide that enables you to use various blockchain functionalities to extend your existing business models and make correct and fully-informed decisions. You will learn how decentralized applications are transforming various business sectors, and that they are expected to play a huge role in the future. You will see how large corporations are already implementing blockchain technology. You will then learn about various blockchain services, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Hyperledger, in order to understand their use cases in various business domains. You will develop a solid and fundamental understanding of blockchain architecture.

Moving ahead, you will get to grips with the inner workings of blockchain with detailed explanations of mining, decentralized consensus, cryptography, smart contracts, and many other important concepts. You will delve into a realistic view of the current state of blockchain technology, along with its issues and limitations, as well as their potential solutions, which can take it to the next level.