Abstract

This chapter provides details on blockchain fundamentals and working principles. We present blockchain network and types of blockchain networks. Categorization of blockchain is explained from different perspectives such as public, private, and consortium, and also from permissioned and permissionless perspective. We also discuss general issues with public blockchain system. Broadcasting and topology discovery are then discussed. We also highlight different types of nodes available in blockchain system. Layers in blockchain system are also discussed in detail. We then discuss the general working sequence of blockchain. Different blockchain platforms are then discussed along with data models, hashing, data storage, and data structures. We also mention the implementation and performance evaluation platforms of blockchain. Finally, we present the scalability and interoperability issues of blockchain systems.

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