Distributed Computing to Blockchain: Architecture, Technology, and Applications provides researchers, computer scientists and data scientists with a comprehensive and applied reference covering the evolution of distributed systems computing into blockchain and associated systems such as consensus algorithms, distributed ledgers, DApps, byzantine fault tolerance, distributed databases and operating systems. Sections cover key concepts and technologies such as distributed systems and their architecture, distributed ledger and decentralized web, application and properties of crypto economics, blockchain crypto-analysis for distributed systems followed by DApps architecture. Other sections cover blockchain architecture and security, including smart contracts, tokens, and more.
The authors then review byzantine fault tolerance (BFT), distributed ledgers vs. blockchains, and blockchain protocols. The security issues of blockchain and how it aims to resolve trust problems is also covered, along with consensus algorithms used in blockchain. Throughout the book, the presentation of key concepts is supported by real-world tools, algorithms, programming languages and technology to support the implementation of distributed ledger and blockchain in a variety of fields, including healthcare, finance, legal and business applications.
- Provides readers with in-depth understanding of how to develop blockchain systems, architecture and applications in a variety of fields
- Includes the most complete platform for understanding the computer science and data science behind blockchain and related technologies such as distributed systems, distributed ledgers, consensus algorithms, DApps, distributed ledgers, decentralized web, and more
- Presents techniques for efficient and secure development of blockchains in a variety of domains such as healthcare, finance, legal and business applications
- Provides readers with complete example datasets associated with the methods and algorithms developed in the book
Dr. Rajiv Pandey is a Faculty member at Amity Institute of Information Technology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Campus, India. He possesses a diverse background experience of around 35 years to include 15 years in industry and 20 years of academic research and instruction. His research interests include blockchain and crypto currencies, information security, semantic web provenance, Cloud computing, Big Data, and Data Analytics. Dr. Pandey is a Senior Member of IEEE and has been a session chair and technical committee member for various IEEE conferences. He has been on the technical committees of various government and private universities, and is the editor of Quantum Computing: A Shift from Bits to Qubits from Springer, Data Modelling and Analytics for the Internet of Medical Things from CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Edge Computing from AP/Elsevier.
Dr. Sam Goundar is an international academic, having taught at 12 universities in 10 different countries. He is currently a Professor at RMIT University, Hanoi, Vietnam. Dr. Goundar is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies (IJBC) - Inderscience, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Fog Computing (IJFC) - IGI, Section Editor of the Journal of Education and Information Technologies (EAIT) – Springer, and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of the International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing (IJCAC) – IGI. He is also on the Editorial Review Board of more than 20 high impact factor journals. As a researcher, apart from Blockchains, Cryptocurrencies, Fog Computing, Mobile Cloud Computing and Cloud Computing, Dr. Goundar also researches in Educational Technology, MOOCs, Artificial Intelligence, ICT in Climate Change, ICT Devices in the Classroom, Using Mobile Devices in Education, e-Government, and Disaster Management. He is the author of Innovations in the Industrial Internet of Things and Smart Factory forthcoming from IGI Global, Impact of Digital Transformation on Security Policies and Standards from IGI Global, and Architecture and Security Issues in Fog Computing Applications from IGI Global. He has been a Research Fellow with the United Nations University, a Senior Lecturer in IS at The University of the South Pacific, Adjunct Lecturer in IS at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and an Affiliate Professor of Information Technology at Pontificia Universidad Catolica Del Peru.
Dr. Shahnaz Fatima is a Faculty member in the Institute of Information Technology at Amity University, Lucknow, India. Her research interests are Human Computer Interaction, Data Mining, Deep Mining, Semantic Web, Edge Computing, and IoT. She is involved in supervising Doctorate Research Scholars and Post Graduate Students in the Institute of Information Technology. She is a member of the International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT).
