Utilizing Blockchain Technologies in Manufacturing and Logistics Management
Blockchain has potential to revolutionize how manufacturers design, engineer, make and scale their products. Blockchain is gradually proving to be an effective "middleware" solution for enabling seamless interoperability within complex supply chains. Due to its technological nature, blockchain enables secure, transparent and fast data exchanges as well as allowing for the creation of immutable records databases The main advantage of Blockchain in Manufacturing Industries is product traceability,...
Adopting Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
by Fred Lee Brandon and Fred Lee Brandon III
Software-defined network (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) are two technology trends that have revolutionized network management, particularly in highly distributed networks that are used in public, private, or hybrid cloud services. SDN and NFV technologies, when combined, simplify the deployment of network resources, lower capital and operating expenses, and offer greater network flexibility. The increasing usage of NFV is one of the primary factors that make SDN adoption attract...
Implement a standardized end-to-end IoT implementation based on best practices and proven successes in IoT across multiple industries. With this book you'll discover the three business strategies for enterprises to adopt and remain relevant in the marketspace —the Customer Engagement strategy, the Business Transformation strategy, and the Business Productivity Improvement strategy. Pick the right strategy for your enterprise to ensure a clear mission and vision is established based on which IoT...
Implement blockchain from scratch covering all the details with Racket, a general-purpose Lisp. You'll start by exploring what a blockchain is, so you have a solid foundation for the rest of the book. You'll then be ready to learn Racket before starting on your blockchain implementation. Once you have a working blockchain, you'll move onto extending it. The book's appendices provide supporting resources to help you in your blockchain projects. The recommended approach for the book is to follow...
This Open Access book outlines ideas for a novel, scalable and, above all, sustainable financial system. We all know that today’s global markets are unsustainable and global governance is not effective enough. Given this situation, could one boost smart human coordination, sustainability and resilience by tweaking society at its core: the monetary system? A Computational Social Science team at ETH Zürich has indeed worked on a concept and little demonstrator for a new financial system, called “...
Hands-on Smart Contract Development with Hyperledger Fabric V2
by Matt Zand, Xun Wu, and Mark Anthony Morris
Blockchain technology continues to disrupt a wide variety of organizations, from small businesses to the Fortune 500. Today, hundreds of blockchain networks are in production, including many built with Hyperledger Fabric. This practical guide shows developers how the latest version of this blockchain infrastructure provides an ideal foundation for developing enterprise blockchain applications or solutions. Authors Matt Zand, Xun (Brian) Wu, and Mark Anthony Morris demonstrate how the versatile...
The Rise of Blockchain Applications in Customer Experience
Blockchain is a groundbreaking technology that is altering supply chain management and has tremendous ramifications for many businesses. There have been several scholarly publications dedicated to investigating how distributed ledger technology will affect companies and industries. However, present research efforts lack an explanation of what blockchain technology entails for the greatest stakeholder of these organizations and industries: consumers. The Rise of Blockchain Applications in Custom...
The Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Super Cycle - 2 Books in 1 (Cryptocurrency Made Simple)
by Frederick Patton
Political and Economic Implications of Blockchain Technology in Business and Healthcare
It is known that trust is of the utmost importance in human interactions, and blockchain technology establishes a new type of foundation for financial and political confidence. This new kind of trust is based on cryptographic techniques and distributed in digital networks. In an uncertain world where it is difficult to tell what is real or fake, decentralized organizational networks may prove to be particularly competitive given that this new ""distributed trust"" endows them with an unusual fun...
Blockchain and AI (Smart Technology)
In the rapidly evolving landscape of the digital age, two technologies stand out for their transformative potential: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain. This book offers an incisive exploration of the confluence between these technological titans, shedding light on the synergies, challenges, and innovations that arise at this intersection. The chapters explore thought-provoking analyses, informed by cutting-edge research and expert perspectives, that navigate the nuanced interplay of de...
Get to know the building blocks of a new economy The promise of decentralized finance (DeFi for those up on their financial lingo) as a disruptor to financial institutions makes it must-know for anyone involved in finance. DeFi For Dummies provides an easy-to-understand option for unraveling the past, present, and future of DeFi. Understand current DeFi applications, including how to build basic applications on the leading platforms, and get a look into the future’s most promising new DeFi sol...
The New Technology of Financial Crime
Financial crime is a trillion-dollar industry that is likely to continue to grow exponentially unless new strategies of prevention and control can be developed. This book covers a wide range of topics related to financial crime commission, victimization, prevention, and control. The chapters included in this book closely examine cyber-victimization in their investigation of online fraud schemes that have resulted in new categories of crime victims as the result of identity theft, romance fraud s...
Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Computing and Security SET
This book contains the conference proceedings of ICABCS 2023, a non-profit conference with the objective to provide a platform that allows academicians, researchers, scholars and students from various institutions, universities and industries in India and abroad to exchange their research and innovative ideas in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Computing and Security. It explores the recent advancement in field of Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Communication and Security...