Hands-On IoT Solutions with Blockchain

Blockchainhasbeenthehottopicoflatethankstocryptocurrencies.Tomakemattersmoreinteresting,thefinancialmarketislookingforwaystoreduceoperationalcostsandgeneratenewbusinessmodels,andthisiswhereblockchainsolutionscomeintothepicture.Inadditiontothis,withInternetofThings(IoT)trendingandArduino,RaspberryPi,andotherdevicesfloodingthemarket,youcannowcreatecheapdevicesevenathome.Hands-OnIoTSolutionswithBlockchainstartswithanoverviewofIoTconceptsinthecurrentbusinessscenario.ItthenhelpsyoudevelopyourowndeviceontheIBMWatsonIoTplatformandcreateyourfirstIoTsolutionusingWatsonandIntelEdison.OnceyouarefamiliarwithIoT,youwilllearnaboutBlockchaintechnologyanditsusecases.YouwillalsoworkwiththeHyperledgerframeworkanddevelopyourownBlockchainnetwork.Asyouprogressthroughthechapters,you'llworkwithproblemstatementsandlearnhowtodesignyoursolutionarchitecturesothatyoucancreateyourownintegratedBlockchainandIoTsolution.Thenextsetofchapterswillexplainhowtoimplementend-to-endBlockchainsolutionswithIoTusingtheIBMCloudplatform.Bytheendofthisbook,youwillhavemasteredtheconvergenceofIoTandBlockchaintechnologyandexploitedthebestpracticesanddriverstodevelopabulletproofintegratedsolution.