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To be able to solve some real-world business problems using Blockchain, we actually need a fine-grained understanding of what it is and how it works. For this, it needs to be understood through different perspectives such as business, technical, and legal viewpoints. This chapter is an effort to get into the nuts and bolts of Blockchain technology and get a complete understanding of how it works.
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- Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)
- Bitcoin
- Hash-based Message Authentication Code (HMAC)
- Merkle Tree
- Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
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© 2018 Bikramaditya Singhal, Gautam Dhameja, Priyansu Sekhar Panda
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Singhal, B., Dhameja, G., Panda, P.S. (2018). How Blockchain Works. In: Beginning Blockchain. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3444-0_2
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