Bitcoin and Blockchain: History and Current Applications
暫譯: 比特幣與區塊鏈：歷史與當前應用

近年來，區塊鏈開發從最初的比特幣協議迅速成長到第二代以太坊平台，並進入今天建構第三代區塊鏈的過程。在這一演變過程中，我們可以看到區塊鏈技術如何從最初的分散式資料庫演變為一個成熟的、全球分散的雲端計算平台。本書追溯了區塊鏈技術的過去、現在和未來。

- 提供比特幣的知識和歷史
- 提供區塊鏈應用
- 討論為現實世界的區塊鏈應用開發可運行的程式碼
- 包含許多實際案例
- 涵蓋從原始比特幣協議到第二代以太坊平台的內容

《比特幣與區塊鏈：歷史與當前應用》是學生、商學院、研究學者、實務工作者和商業分析專業人士的有用參考資料。

Dr. Sandeep Kumar Panda is currently working as an Associate Professor in Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology at ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (deemed to be University), Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA. His research interests include Software Engineering, Web Engineering, Cryptography & Security, Blockchain Technology, Internet of Things and Cloud Computing. He has published many papers in international journals and in international conferences in repute. He received "Research and Innovation of the Year Award" hosted by WIEF and EduSkills under the Banner of MSME, Govt. of INDIA and DST, Govt. of INDIA at New Delhi on January 2020. He has Eight Indian Patents in his credit. His professional affiliations are MIEEE, MACM and LMIAENG.

Dr. Ahmed A. Elngar, He is Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Chair of Scientific Innovation Research Group (SIRG) Director of Technological and Informatics Studies Center Managing Editor of Journal of Cybersecurity and Information Management (JCIM), Beni-Suef University, Faculty of Computers & Artificial Intelligence, Egypt. Dr. Elngar is the Founder and Head of Scientific Innovation Research Group (SIRG) and Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Faculty of Computers and Information, Beni-Suef University. Dr. Elngar is a Director of the Technological and Informatics Studies Center (TISC), Faculty of Computers and Information, Beni-Suef University. He is a Managing Editor: Journal of Cybersecurity and Information Management (JCIM) Dr. Elngar has more than 25 scientific research papers published in prestigious international journals and over 5 books covering such diverse topics as data mining, intelligent systems, social networks and smart environment. Research works and publications. Dr. Elngar is a collaborative researcher He is a member in Egyptian Mathematical Society (EMS) and International Rough Set Society (IRSS). His other research areas include Internet of Things (IoT), Network Security, Intrusion Detection, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Artificial Intelligence. Big Data, Authentication, Cryptology, Healthcare Systems, Automation Systems. He is an Editor and Reviewer of many international journal around the world. Dr. Elngar won several awards including the "Young Researcher in Computer Science Engineering", from Global Outreach Education Summit and Awards 2019, on 31 January 2019 (Thursday) at Delhi, India. Also, he awards "Best Young Researcher Award (Male) (Below 40 years) ", Global Education and Corporate Leadership Awards (GECL-2018), Plot No-8, Shivaji Park, Alwar, Rajasthan-301001, India. Also, He have an Intellectual Property Rights called "ElDahshan Authentication Protocol", Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), Technical Report, 2016. Dr. Elngar great many activities in community and the environment service include organizing 12 workshops hosted by a large number of universities in almost all governorates of Egypt. He has addition to a workshop on Smartphone's techniques and their role in the development of visually impaired skills in various walks of life.

Prof. Valentina E. Balas is currently Full Professor in the Department of Automatics and Applied Software at the Faculty of Engineering, "Aurel Vlaicu" University of Arad, Romania. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Electronics and Telecommunications from Polytechnic University of Timisoara. Dr. Balas is author of more than 300 research papers in refereed journals and International Conferences. Her research interests are in Intelligent Systems, Fuzzy Control, Soft Computing, Smart Sensors, Information Fusion, Modeling and Simulation. She is the Editor-in Chief to International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms (IJAIP) and to International Journal of Computational Systems Engineering (IJCSysE), member in Editorial Board member of several national and international journals and is evaluator expert for national, international projects and PhD Thesis. Dr. Balas is the director of Intelligent Systems Research Centre in Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad and Director of the Department of International Relations, Programs and Projects in the same university. She served as General Chair of the International Workshop Soft Computing and Applications (SOFA) in eight editions 2005-2018 held in Romania and Hungary. Dr. Balas participated in many international conferences as Organizer, Honorary Chair, Session Chair and member in Steering, Advisory or International Program Committees. She is a member of EUSFLAT, SIAM and a Senior Member IEEE, member in TC - Fuzzy Systems (IEEE CIS), member in TC - Emergent Technologies (IEEE CIS), member in TC - Soft Computing (IEEE SMCS). Dr. Balas was past Vice-president (Awards) of IFSA International Fuzzy Systems Association Council (2013-2015) and is a Joint Secretary of the Governing Council of Forum for Interdisciplinary Mathematics (FIM), - A Multidisciplinary Academic Body, India. She is also director of the Department of International Relations, Programs and Projects and head of the Intelligent Systems Research Centre in Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania.

Dr. Mohammed Kayed received the M.Sc. degree in Computer Science from Minia University, Minia, Egypt, in 2002 and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt, in 2007. From 2005 to 2006, he was a Research&Teaching Assistant in Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at the National Central University, Taiwan. Since 2007, he has been an Assistant Professor with Math&CS Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt. He is currently an Associate Professor and Head of Computer Science Department, Faculty of Computer and Artificial Intelligence, Beni-Suef University, Egypt. He is the author of more than 18 articles. His research interests include Web mining, Opinion Mining, Informarion Extraction and information retrieval.

Dr. Sandeep Kumar Panda 目前擔任印度海得拉巴 ICFAI 高等教育基金會（被認定為大學）科學與技術學院計算機科學與工程系的副教授。他的研究興趣包括軟體工程、網頁工程、密碼學與安全性、區塊鏈技術、物聯網及雲端計算。他在國際期刊和知名國際會議上發表了多篇論文。他於 2020 年 1 月在新德里獲得由 WIEF 和 EduSkills 主辦的「年度研究與創新獎」，該獎項由印度政府的 MSME 和 DST 贊助。他擁有八項印度專利。他的專業隸屬包括 MIEEE、MACM 和 LMIAENG。

Dr. Ahmed A. Elngar 是埃及貝尼蘇埃夫大學計算機與人工智慧學院的計算機科學助理教授、科學創新研究小組（SIRG）主席及技術與資訊研究中心主任，並擔任《網路安全與資訊管理期刊》（JCIM）的主編。Dr. Elngar 是科學創新研究小組（SIRG）的創始人及負責人，並在貝尼蘇埃夫大學計算機與資訊學院擔任計算機科學助理教授。他是技術與資訊研究中心（TISC）的主任，並擔任《網路安全與資訊管理期刊》（JCIM）的主編。Dr. Elngar 在知名國際期刊上發表了超過 25 篇科學研究論文，並出版了超過 5 本涵蓋資料探勘、智能系統、社交網路和智慧環境等多樣主題的書籍。Dr. Elngar 是一位合作研究者，並且是埃及數學學會（EMS）和國際粗集理論學會（IRSS）的成員。他的其他研究領域包括物聯網（IoT）、網路安全、入侵偵測、機器學習、資料探勘、人工智慧、大數據、身份驗證、密碼學、醫療系統和自動化系統。他是許多國際期刊的編輯和審稿人。Dr. Elngar 獲得了多個獎項，包括 2019 年 1 月 31 日在印度德里舉行的全球外展教育峰會與獎項頒發的「計算機科學工程青年研究者獎」。此外，他還獲得了「最佳青年研究者獎（男性）（40 歲以下）」，該獎項由全球教育與企業領導獎（GECL-2018）頒發，地點位於印度拉賈斯坦邦阿爾瓦爾的 Shivaji Park。另有一項名為「ElDahshan 身份驗證協議」的知識產權，來自資訊技術產業發展機構（ITIDA），技術報告，2016 年。Dr. Elngar 在社區和環境服務方面參與了許多活動，包括在埃及幾乎所有省份的多所大學舉辦 12 場研討會，並舉辦了一場關於智慧型手機技術及其在視障人士各行各業技能發展中的角色的研討會。

Prof. Valentina E. Balas 目前是羅馬尼亞阿拉德「奧雷爾·弗拉伊庫」大學自動化與應用軟體系的全職教授。她擁有蒂米什瓦拉理工大學的應用電子學與電信博士學位。Dr. Balas 在經過審核的期刊和國際會議上發表了超過 300 篇研究論文。她的研究興趣包括智能系統、模糊控制、軟計算、智慧感測器、資訊融合、建模與模擬。她是《國際先進智能範式期刊》（IJAIP）和《國際計算系統工程期刊》（IJCSysE）的主編，並且是多個國內外期刊的編輯委員會成員，還擔任國家和國際項目及博士論文的評估專家。Dr. Balas 是阿拉德奧雷爾·弗拉伊庫大學智能系統研究中心的主任，並在同一所大學擔任國際關係、計畫與項目部門的主任。她曾擔任 2005 至 2018 年在羅馬尼亞和匈牙利舉行的國際研討會「軟計算與應用」（SOFA）的總主席。Dr. Balas 參加了許多國際會議，擔任組織者、榮譽主席、會議主席以及指導、顧問或國際計畫委員會成員。她是 EUSFLAT、SIAM 的成員，並且是 IEEE 的高級會員，還是 TC - 模糊系統（IEEE CIS）、TC - 新興技術（IEEE CIS）、TC - 軟計算（IEEE SMCS）的成員。Dr. Balas 曾擔任 IFSA 國際模糊系統協會理事會的副主席（獎項）（2013-2015），並且是印度跨學科數學論壇（FIM）理事會的聯合秘書。她同時也是阿拉德奧雷爾·弗拉伊庫大學國際關係、計畫與項目部門的主任，以及智能系統研究中心的負責人。

Dr. Mohammed Kayed 於 2002 年在埃及米尼亞大學獲得計算機科學碩士學位，並於 2007 年在貝尼蘇埃夫大學獲得計算機科學博士學位。從 2005 年到 2006 年，他在台灣國立中央大學計算機科學與資訊工程系擔任研究與教學助理。自 2007 年以來，他一直在貝尼蘇埃夫大學數學與計算機科學系擔任助理教授，目前是計算機與人工智慧學院的副教授及計算機科學系主任。他是超過 18 篇文章的作者，研究興趣包括網頁挖掘、意見挖掘、資訊擷取和資訊檢索。