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Blockchain for Teens: With Case Studies and Examples of Blockchain Across Various Industries
Similar to the Internet in the 1990s, Blockchain promises to revolutionize the world by reforming current business models. This book is a beginner-friendly guide for teens looking to build a basic foundation in Blockchain technologies.
You'll start with an introduction to Blockchain, learn about its main features, and understand decentralization. Additionally, you'll get to know the current monetary system, major concepts in cryptography, and an overview of cryptocurrency. The book then explores various topics in Bitcoin, including its history, the consensus mechanism, and the mining process.
You'll also be introduced to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), one of Blockchain's most well-known technologies, and delve into its different aspects, including the top NFT marketplaces. There is also a chapter about the Metaverse, another groundbreaking technology that will influence society throughout the next decade. You'll see how Crypto and NFTs enhance the Metaverse and the relationship between Blockchain and the Metaverse.
The authors will also discuss the topic of decentralized finance, or DeFi, and explore various DeFi applications such as stablecoin, decentralized exchanges (DEXs), Decentralized Lending and Borrowing, and Decentralized Insurance to understand the finance innovation.
At the end of the book, you'll review topics from previous chapters in a discussion on the future of Blockchain and conclude with an overview of real-life examples of Blockchain across various industries.
What You'll Learn
This Book Is For
Teens who are looking to build a basic understanding of Blockchain technologies.
You'll start with an introduction to Blockchain, learn about its main features, and understand decentralization. Additionally, you'll get to know the current monetary system, major concepts in cryptography, and an overview of cryptocurrency. The book then explores various topics in Bitcoin, including its history, the consensus mechanism, and the mining process.
You'll also be introduced to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), one of Blockchain's most well-known technologies, and delve into its different aspects, including the top NFT marketplaces. There is also a chapter about the Metaverse, another groundbreaking technology that will influence society throughout the next decade. You'll see how Crypto and NFTs enhance the Metaverse and the relationship between Blockchain and the Metaverse.
The authors will also discuss the topic of decentralized finance, or DeFi, and explore various DeFi applications such as stablecoin, decentralized exchanges (DEXs), Decentralized Lending and Borrowing, and Decentralized Insurance to understand the finance innovation.
At the end of the book, you'll review topics from previous chapters in a discussion on the future of Blockchain and conclude with an overview of real-life examples of Blockchain across various industries.
What You'll Learn
This Book Is For
Teens who are looking to build a basic understanding of Blockchain technologies.
452 pages, Paperback
Published December 28, 2022
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January 24, 2023
We live in a society where technology advances every day, there are new discoveries, the internet surprises us in an incredible way, concepts such as virtual reality and artificial intelligence are heard more and more, certainly they’ll be something that will be part of our present and future.
“Blockchain for Teens” introduces and explains in detail each of these topics in an interesting way, easy to understand, and that is worth knowing, since today technologies are the most important, both in business and the economy, it’s important to know all these mechanisms such as NFT's, Metaverse, Bitcoins, how they started, their function and how they’re revolutionizing and taking industries to the next level. It’s totally worth reading.
“Blockchain for Teens” introduces and explains in detail each of these topics in an interesting way, easy to understand, and that is worth knowing, since today technologies are the most important, both in business and the economy, it’s important to know all these mechanisms such as NFT's, Metaverse, Bitcoins, how they started, their function and how they’re revolutionizing and taking industries to the next level. It’s totally worth reading.
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