Blockchain Technology and the Internet of Things: Challenges and Applications in Bitcoin and Security

This new volume looks at the electrifying world of blockchain technology and how it has been revolutionizing the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems. Aimed primarily at business users and developers who are considering blockchain-based projects, the volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the theoretical and practical aspects of blockchain technology. It presents a selection of chapters on topics that cover new information on blockchain and bitcoin security, IoT security threats and attacks, privacy issues, fault-tolerance mechanisms, and more. Some major software packages are discussed, and it also addresses the legal issues currently affecting the field. The information presented here is relevant to current and future problems relating to blockchain technology and will provide the tools to build efficient decentralized applications.

Blockchain technology and the IoT can profoundly change how the world--and businesses--work, and this book provides a window into the current world of blockchain. No longer limited to just Bitcoin, blockchain technology has spread into many sectors and into a significant number of different technologies.

這本新書探討了令人振奮的區塊鏈技術世界，以及它如何革新物聯網和物理系統。主要針對考慮採用區塊鏈項目的商業用戶和開發人員，本書全面介紹了區塊鏈技術的理論和實踐方面。它提供了一系列章節，涵蓋了區塊鏈和比特幣安全、物聯網安全威脅和攻擊、隱私問題、容錯機制等新資訊。書中還討論了一些重要的軟體套件，並解決了目前影響該領域的法律問題。這裡提供的資訊與當前和未來與區塊鏈技術相關的問題相關，並提供了構建高效去中心化應用程式的工具。

區塊鏈技術和物聯網可以徹底改變世界和企業的運作方式，本書提供了一個窺探當前區塊鏈世界的窗口。區塊鏈技術不再僅限於比特幣，已經廣泛應用於許多行業和不同的技術領域。

Rashmi Agrawal, PhD, is a Professor at the Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, India. She is UGC-NET qualified with 18+ years of experience in teaching and research. She has authored/coauthored more than 40 research papers in various peer-reviewed national/international journals and conferences and has also edited/authored books and book chapters with national and international publishers. She has also published two patents in renewable energy.

Jyotir Moy Chatterjee, MTech, is an Assistant Professor in the IT Department at Lord Buddha Education Foundation (Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation), Kathmandu, Nepal. Prior to this he worked as an Assistant Professor at the CSE Department at GD Rungta College of Engineering & Technology, Bhilai, India. He has more than 36 international publications, two authored books, two edited books, and five book chapters into his account.

Abhishek Kumar, PhD, a senior member of IEEE, is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Research Department at the Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, India. He has more than eight years of academic teaching experience and has more than 70 publications in national and international journals and conference proceedings as well as book chapters, and edited and authored books.

Pramod Singh Rathore, MTech, is Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Aryabhatt Engineering College and Research Centre, Rajasthan, India, and also a visiting faculty at Government University MDS Ajmer, India. His research areas include NS2, computer networks, mining, and database management systems.

Rashmi Agrawal博士是印度法里達巴德的Manav Rachna國際研究與研究學院的教授。她通過UGC-NET考試，擁有18年以上的教學和研究經驗。她在各種同行評審的國內/國際期刊和會議上撰寫/合著了40多篇研究論文，並與國內外出版商合作編輯/撰寫了書籍和書籍章節。她還在可再生能源方面發表了兩項專利。

Jyotir Moy Chatterjee碩士是尼泊爾加德滿都的Lord Buddha教育基金會（亞太科技與創新大學）IT部門的助理教授。在此之前，他曾在印度比爾艾的GD Rungta工程與技術學院的CSE部門擔任助理教授。他擁有36多篇國際出版物、兩本著作、兩本編輯書籍和五篇書籍章節。

Abhishek Kumar博士是IEEE的高級會員，目前在印度旁遮普邦的Chitkara大學工程與技術學院的研究部門擔任助理教授。他擁有超過八年的學術教學經驗，並在國內外期刊和會議論文、書籍章節以及編輯和撰寫的書籍中發表了70多篇論文。

Pramod Singh Rathore碩士是印度拉賈斯坦邦的Aryabhatt工程學院和研究中心的計算機科學助理教授，也是印度Ajmer政府大學的客座教師。他的研究領域包括NS2、計算機網絡、數據挖掘和數據庫管理系統。