Book DescriptionThis book is a part of Knoldus Rust Programming Series. There is a lot of hype surrounding the concept of the blockchain, but what does this term actually mean? What is blockchain? How does it work under the hood? What are Blockchain's real-world use cases? How you can build your own blockchain application? You will get these answers in this book. This book begins with the basic concepts of the blockchain (such as block, transactions, mining, reward, proof of work), teaching you the fundamentals of cryptography and how blockchain works under the hood. This book serves as a practical guide to developing an application with Rust to interact with the various building blocks of blockchain applications.
This book gives an overview of this leading blockchain technology and its implementation in the real world.
Some people think that it's difficult to grasp how blockchain works and the complexity of maintaining the blockchain. If you also think the same, this book is for you. This book will walk you through the essentials of how blockchain technology works, using simple explanations and examples along the way.
Rust was selected as the basis for this book attributing to its wide popularity, ease of understanding and learning for those who haven't used it. Rust has been the "most loved programming language" in the Stack Overflow Developer Survey every year since 2016. Not only it does provide a unique combination of performance and security, but it also empowers developers with the tools to start shipping their code faster.
What You'll Learn- What is Blockchain
- Why do we need Blockchain
- Blockchain real-world use cases
- Bitcoin cryptocurrency: Most Popular Application of Blockchain
- How Blockchain works under the hood
- What is Rust and Why Rust programming language is preferred for Blockchain development
- Create Blockchain application using Rust
By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed in blockchain programming and be able to build end-to-end applications using Rust.Who This Book Is ForIf you are a Rust developer or you have a basic understanding of Rust programming language and you want to enter the world of blockchain, this book is for you. This book will provide you step by step guide for developing blockchain application using Rust
About The AuthorAyush Kumar Mishra is a Sr. Lead Software Consultant based in India. He is currently working with Knoldus, an organization where knowledge sharing and upskilling each Knolder is a way of life, which is the only organization to be partners with Lightbend, Databricks, Confluent and Datastax to deliver high-quality reactive products to its global clients. He has total 11 years of working experience. He has been working in Rust for more than 2 years. He is also a DataStax certified Cassandra developer. He loves to troubleshoot complex problems and look for the best solutions.
In his career, he has successfully developed and delivered various applications with Scala, Lagom, Akka HTTP, Java, Rust. He has been involved in Blockchain technology for the last couple of months.
