Blockchain Enabled Applications: Understand the Blockchain Ecosystem and How to Make it Work for You

by Vikram Dhillon

1. Behold the Dreamers 2. The Gold Rush 3. Blocks in a Chain 4. Ether in the Air 5. Decentralized Organizations 6. The DAO Hacked 7. Ethereum High Performance Computing 8. Blockchain in Science 9. Blockchain in Healthcare 10. The Hyperledger Project 11. Recent Developments in Blockchain 12. Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital Appendix. Building a Healthcare Consortium

Genres: Technology

240 pages, Paperback

Published November 30, 2017

Reviews

[Re · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book in 2021, so naturally a lot of the content in the book is outdated. Yet I found the book useful. It gave me the historical context that I might have missed if I started from newer blockchain-related educational resources.

Readers can skip chapters 8-12 because they are outdated or irrelevant (still a good resource to learn projects that eventually failed to take off).

[Dolf van der Haven · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overly technical book, with varying quality of writing. The first half keeps using concepts before they are properly introduced, which is confusing and demotivating.
The second half is more about applications: in particular, the chapters about applications of blockchain in science and healthcare are useful. But even there, the authors manage to make things unnecessarily technical.

[Ansh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must read for blockchain enthusiasts
Vikram covers blockchain technology from scratch and made readers comfortable with the underlying technology and then builds upon it. Discusses the application of the blockchain technology in the enterprise context. Focuses more upon healthcare application with detailed interviews with the leading healthcare consortium members.