Blockchain Enabled Applications: Understand the Blockchain Ecosystem and How to Make It Work for You
暫譯: 區塊鏈應用程式：了解區塊鏈生態系統及如何為您運作

學習有關區塊鏈及其在加密貨幣、醫療保健、物聯網、金融、去中心化組織等領域的應用。本書包含案例研究和實用見解，涵蓋獨特的主題組合，並提供如何克服市場和消費者逐漸習慣基於區塊鏈的組織和服務所帶來的挑戰的見解。

本書分為三個主要部分。第一部分提供區塊鏈技術的歷史背景。您將從比特幣發明時金融資本市場的歷史背景開始，接著介紹挖礦協議、共識需求、硬體挖礦等。接下來，將正式介紹區塊鏈，涵蓋交易工作流程、去中心化網絡的角色和支付驗證。然後，我們深入探討區塊鏈的另一種實現：以太坊。主要技術特徵，如以太坊虛擬機（Ethereum Virtual Machine），以及智能合約編程語言Solidity將會被介紹。

在第二部分中，您將查看一些來自去中心化自治組織的區塊鏈現代應用案例、高效能計算在以太坊中的應用以及離網計算、醫療保健和科學發現。本書的最後一部分展望區塊鏈的未來。接下來的章節涵蓋區塊鏈世界中聯盟的興起、Hyperledger項目，特別是自2018年以來的更新，以及有關教育區塊鏈遊戲的章節。隨後將介紹EOS.IO、Chain Core和Quorum的更新、ICO以及區塊鏈和去中心化網絡對金融市場帶來的重大變化。

您將學到的內容：
- 獲得用於教授區塊鏈和去中心化網絡基本概念的流行遊戲概述
- 熟悉區塊鏈聯盟的興起以及Hyperledger項目的2020年更新
- 了解雲區塊鏈，包括Microsoft Azure和Amazon Web Services，以及如何設置測試環境
- 研究機器學習在區塊鏈中的整合及智能合約的角色

本書適合對區塊鏈開發者感興趣的讀者，特別是希望跟上最新更新的開發者，以及尋求對這個龐大生態系統有廣泛了解的學生，還有希望就區塊鏈的應用做出明智產品決策的商業高管，以及希望更好理解當前應用案例的政策制定者。

Vikram Dhillon is an internal medicine resident physician at Wayne State University, Detroit Medical Center and a research fellow at the Institute of Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida (UFC). He holds a bachelor of science degree in molecular biology from the University of Central Florida where his main focus was bioinformatics, a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, and a doctoral degree from Nova Southeastern University. He has published multiple scientific papers on computational genomics. He has worked as a software and business development coach at the Blackstone Launchpad to mentor young entrepreneurs and startups through the process of building technology products. He was previously funded by the National Science Foundation through the Innovation Corps program to study customer discovery and apply it to commercialize high-risk startup ideas. He is a member of the Linux Foundation and has been involved in open-source projects and initiatives for the past several years. He often speaks at local conferences and meetups about programming, design, security, and entrepreneurship.

David Metcalf is a serial entrepreneur who has launched multiple successful ventures and spinoff companies. He has reviewed thousands of emerging technology companies as an advisor and investor. He is the Director of the Mixed Emerging Technology Integration Lab at UCF's Institute for Simulation and Training. His past projects involving XR and IoT span across education, health, space, cyber, and transportation. Current efforts include smart cities, blockchain, and enterprise learning transformation for government and industry. He is the co-editor/author of Voice Technology in Healthcare (2020) and Blockchain in Healthcare (2019) as part of the HIMSS Emerging Technology Series, Blockchain Enabled Applications (2018), Connected Health (2017), HIMSS mHealth Innovation (2014), and the HIMSS best-seller mHealth: From Smartphones to Smart Systems (2012).

Max Hooper is the chief executive officer of Merging Traffic. He is responsible for the company's management and growth strategy, serving as the corporate liaison to the financial services industry and various capital formation groups. Prior to starting the company, he was co-founder of Equity Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), a media company that owned and operated more than 100 television stations across the United States. He was responsible for activities in the cable, satellite, investment banking, and technology industries, and during his tenure, it grew to become one of the top 10 largest broadcasting companies in the country. He is a lifelong learner and has earned five doctorate degrees: PhD, DMin, PhD, ThD, and DMin from a variety of institutions. Hooper studied financial technology with cohorts at MIT, and cryptocurrency and business disruption with cohorts at the London School of Economics. As an avid runner, he has completed more than 100 marathons and an additional 20 ultra-marathons, which are 50- or 100-mile runs. He has completed the Grand Slam of Ultra Running. He is committed to his family and is a husband, father to five children, and grandfather to seven grandsons. He is active in many organizations and serves on various boards of directors. He works globally with several ministries and nonprofit aid groups and was honored to speak at the United Nations in New York in 2015.

維克拉姆·迪倫 (Vikram Dhillon) 是韋恩州立大學底特律醫療中心的內科住院醫師，並且是中央佛羅里達大學 (UCF) 模擬與訓練研究所的研究員。他擁有中央佛羅里達大學的分子生物學學士學位，主要專注於生物資訊學，並獲得了骨科醫學博士學位及來自諾瓦東南大學的博士學位。他在計算基因組學方面發表了多篇科學論文。他曾在黑石啟動平台 (Blackstone Launchpad) 擔任軟體和商業發展教練，指導年輕企業家和初創公司建立技術產品的過程。他曾獲得國家科學基金會的資助，通過創新團隊計畫研究客戶發現，並將其應用於商業化高風險的初創想法。他是Linux基金會的成員，並在過去幾年參與了多個開源項目和倡議。他經常在當地會議和聚會上發表有關程式設計、設計、安全性和創業的演講。

大衛·梅特卡夫 (David Metcalf) 是一位連續創業家，創辦了多個成功的企業和衍生公司。他作為顧問和投資者，審查了數千家新興技術公司。他是中央佛羅里達大學模擬與訓練研究所的混合新興技術整合實驗室主任。他過去涉及XR和物聯網的項目涵蓋教育、健康、太空、網絡和交通等領域。目前的努力包括智慧城市、區塊鏈以及政府和行業的企業學習轉型。他是《醫療保健中的語音技術》(Voice Technology in Healthcare, 2020) 和《醫療保健中的區塊鏈》(Blockchain in Healthcare, 2019) 的共同編輯/作者，這些書籍是HIMSS新興技術系列的一部分，還有《區塊鏈啟用的應用》(Blockchain Enabled Applications, 2018)、《連接健康》(Connected Health, 2017)、《HIMSS mHealth創新》(HIMSS mHealth Innovation, 2014) 和HIMSS暢銷書《mHealth: 從智能手機到智能系統》(mHealth: From Smartphones to Smart Systems, 2012)。

麥克斯·胡珀 (Max Hooper) 是Merging Traffic的首席執行官，負責公司的管理和增長策略，並擔任金融服務行業及各種資本形成團體的企業聯絡人。在創辦公司之前，他是Equity Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) 的共同創辦人，該媒體公司擁有並運營超過100個美國電視台。他負責有線電視、衛星、投資銀行和技術行業的活動，在他的任期內，該公司成長為全國十大廣播公司之一。他是一位終身學習者，獲得了五個博士學位：PhD、DMin、PhD、ThD和DMin，來自不同的機構。胡珀在麻省理工學院與同學學習金融科技，並在倫敦政治經濟學院與同學學習加密貨幣和商業顛覆。作為一名熱愛跑步的人，他已完成超過100場馬拉松和另外20場超馬拉松（50或100英里）。他完成了超跑的全滿貫。他致力於家庭，是一位丈夫，五個孩子的父親，以及七個孫子的祖父。他活躍於許多組織並擔任各種董事會成員。他與多個部門和非營利援助團體在全球範圍內合作，並於2015年在紐約聯合國發表演講，感到榮幸。