Download or read book A STUDY GUIDE FOR THE BEGINNERS BASICS OF BLOCKCHAIN written by Subrata Chowdhury, Ramya Govindaraj & P. Mayilvahanan and published by Horizon Books ( A Division of Ignited Minds Edutech P Ltd). This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blockchain and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have hogged the headlines for a long time. But after the hype and the money, there is a lot of technical work to be done, and developers in particular need to understand in some depth what foundations they are actually building their project on. There is quite a bit of basic to work in the Block chain which we have to understand, and the general security in p2p networking demands of Blockchain, before diving into the first Blockchain project. All these concepts are explained by simple concepts from scratch. Cryptocurrencies and decentralized applications are extremely popular, but not well understood technically, which is why we are presenting the classifications of all the cryptocurrency topics. This opens the Blockchain application categories, which helps to choose a blockchain use case, followed by a chapter on how to optimize and enhance a Blockchain application. Security is always a concern in decentralized application, which is why we tried to address all the visible concerns in the blockchain technology space and help to build a secure blockchain.