Build Your Own Blockchain A Practical Guide to Distributed Ledger Te

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to blockchain and distributed ledger technology. Intended as an applied guide for hands-on practitioners, the book includes detailed examples and in-depth explanations of how to build and run a blockchain fr

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Daniel Hellwig Goran Karlic Arnd Huchzermeier

Build Your Own Blockchain A Practical Guide to Distributed Ledger Technology

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Daniel Hellwig • Goran Karlic Arnd Huchzermeier



Build Your Own Blockchain A Practical Guide to Distributed Ledger Technology

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Daniel Hellwig Kepler Cannon New York City, NY, USA

Goran Karlic Kepler Cannon New York City, NY, USA

WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management Vallendar, Germany Arnd Huchzermeier WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management Vallendar, Germany

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Preface

Introduction to DLT: Build Your Own Blockchain Blockchain technology is arguably among the most discussed innovations since the emergence of the Internet. By leveraging the concepts of decentralization, reliability, and anti-counterfeiting security, blockchain has the potential to enable a broad field of innovative applications and new forms of cooperation. At its core, blockchain brokers data in the absence of an obvious centralized authority and can help establish trust among all network participants. What'