区块链，如瑞士仪表般精密，如互联网般惊世骇俗，它在以神一般的节奏颠覆社会。 当新兴技术来临时，你可以选择规避——如果明天也可以规避的话。区块链也一样。 作为一个现象级概念，金融科技创新在过去几年迎来了奇点式发展。其中最引人注目的当属区块链技术。区块链技术正在动摇全球金融基础设施，它是全球顶级银行和其他金融机构重点追逐的领域。毫无疑问，区块链是未来5年最有前景的行业之一。 《图说区块链》用生动、形象的语言，以漫画、故事的方式，全面揭示了区块链的基本原理、应用及发展前景，告诉读者区块链是什么，区块链有哪些应用价值，让读者通过一本书读懂区块链。

本书由超级账本核心设计和开发者撰写，是区块链开发落地专业指南。由浅入深，系统化介绍超级账本Fabric设计精华、应用开发等。全书分为理论篇和实践篇两大部分；第1~3章介绍区块链技术的由来、核心思想及典型的应用场景；第4~5章重点介绍区块链技术中大量出现的分布式系统技术和密码学安全技术；第6~8章介绍区块链领域的三个典型开源项目：比特币、以太坊以及超级账本；第9~11章以超级账本 Fabric 项目为例，具体讲解了安装部署、配置管理，以及使用 Fabric CA 进行证书管理的实践经验；第12章重点剖析超级账本 Fabric 项目的核心架构设计；第13章介绍区块链应用开发的相关技巧和示例；第14章介绍区块链服务平台的设计与开发，并讲解应用超级账本 Cello 项目构建服务平台的相关知识。本书覆盖了区块链和分布式账本领域的最新技术，可帮助读者深入理解区块链核心原理和典型设计实现，以及高效地开发基于区块链平台的分布式应用。

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从数字货币及智能合约技术层面，解读了区块链技术在金融领域的运用。“如果你正在寻找一本在技术层面解释比特币是如何运作的，并且你有一定计算机科学和编程的基本知识，这本书应该很适合你。” 《区块链：技术驱动金融》回答了一系列关于比特币如何运用区块链技术运作的问题，并且着重讲述了各种技术功能，以及未来会形成的网络。比特币是如何运作的？它因何而与众不同？你的比特币安全吗？比特币用户如何匿名？区块链如何帮助比特币实现没有身份的共识？我们可以在比特币这一平台上创建什么应用程序？加密数字货币可以被监管吗？创建一种新的数字货币将会带来什么样的变化？未来将会如何发展？ 读完这本书，你会了解到所有比特币和其他数字货币相关的知识，对区块链技术具备基础性认识，能够区别那些完全虚构的故事。你将会对于需要什么样的安全软件，如何与比特币网络进行交互有了基础概念，也可以将区块链的概念整合应用于自己的项目中。你，将会成为时代的引领者！