{"id":4438,"date":"2022-01-05T12:52:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T12:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codewaveinsdev.wpengine.com\/?p=4438"},"modified":"2023-08-01T15:33:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T15:33:30","slug":"blockchain-development-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codewave.com\/insights\/blockchain-development-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"The nuts & bolts for architecting Blockchain solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When COVID-19 hit India, we were approached by the Government of Karnataka for building a solution for vaccination distribution. When life-saving resources are scarce, transparency & visibility of distribution can be vital. Blockchain we believe is how every organization in healthcare can operate with the highest level of transparency, and the swiftest possible consensus & collaboration.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read this insight<\/strong> to have a panoramic view of the Blockchain technology and how it\u2019s helping businesses build transparency, security, and operational fluency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wait, do you understand Blockchain Technology?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you understand the basics of Blockchain, please continue reading. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If not, don\u2019t worry. We\u2019ve got you covered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consider any of the following insights to get a good hang of What\u2019s Blockchain, the consensus algorithms and high level architecture of blockchain solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Demystifying Blockchain<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What\u2019s Blockchain? -For Agricultural & FMCG Entrepreneurs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What\u2019s Blockchain? -For Healthcare Professionals<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. What\u2019s Blockchain? -For NFT Entrepreneurs & Enthusiasts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. What\u2019s Blockchain? -For Finance Professionals<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Continue reading this insight to find tools & resources that can help you build a blockchain solution. Also, towards the end, we have shared a few projects to help you draw inspiration and imagine new possibilities with Blockchain in your industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Popular blockchain platforms to be considered for building a dApp<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    checklist for choosing a blockchain platform<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Ethereum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Ethereum is the open source technology behind Ether. It is written in C++, Rust, C#, GO, Python, and Java to allow a permissionless non-hierarchical network of computers (nodes) to form a peer-to-peer network that transacts with each other using smart contracts and consensus, thus forming a blockchain platform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Consult Codewave<\/a> to build solutions on Mainnet Ethereum<\/em>, or private ethereum<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Hyperledger Sawtooth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    Hyperledger Sawtooth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Hyperledger Sawtooth creates an abstraction layer for blockchain solution developers to build modular architectures on top of Sawtooth network. So using Sawtooth, you can specify business rules in your smart contract for your application with any need to know the Sawtooth core architecture\/design. Sawtooth allows you to choose transaction rules and consensus algorithms (including PBFT, PoET, Raft) in accordance with your application use-case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Hyperledger Fabric<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    In the next sections, you would come across this platform a lot, as it is quite popular among the enterprises including Sony, Deutsche Borse Group, Walmart, and Honeywell. Hyperledger Fabric, by design, is built for enterprises. Most of the platforms are built for ad hoc, permission-less public use without any privacy and thus needs a lot of tweaking and engineering to build permissioned solutions. But Hyperledger Fabric was designed for privacy and private data as well. Using hyperledger fabric you can develop scalable and secure blockchain solutions with a modular permissioned architecture, pluggable consensus,  and support for private transactions, confidential contracts, multiple programming languages (Go, Java, JS) Solidity and EVM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Cardano<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Cardano is a proof-of-stake blockchain network built on top of Ouroboros protocol. It claims to be the most environmentally sustainable blockchain protocol. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Read more about NEAR, EOS, SOLANA, and some other popular blockchain development platforms in our insight on <\/em><\/strong>building DeFi apps<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Tools & Technologies To Build Blockchain Solutions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Cryptocurrencies are in the limelight, but under the hood Blockchain is silently transforming several industries including Agriculture, FMCG, Textiles, Finance, Collectibles, Energy sector, and of course Healthcare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What tools & resources are helping developers and entrepreneurs in hacking (read it as <\/em>\u2018building\u2019 <\/em><\/strong>or <\/em>\u2018developing\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, that\u2019s what hacking means) these innovative solutions?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Geth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Ethereum protocol has 3 original implementations i.e., in C++, Python, and GO. The Go version is called Go Ethereum. Go Ethereum is available in two forms \u2013 Geth, and as a library that you may use in Android or iOS projects. In other words, Geth is a CLI client for Go Ethereum i.e., your gateway to the ethereum network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Geth can be run as a full node, archive node, or a light node. Basically, to understand the functionality of 3 types of nodes, you need to understand ethereum to its core. But on a high level, nodes are computing servers connected to the ethereum network. These nodes compute, transmit, and receive transactional data to and from the distributed blockchain ledgers. Full nodes have the current state of blockchain, archive nodes have all the data since the genesis block, light nodes are used by devices with small computing powers and are dependent on full nodes to interact with the blockchain state. Also, there is a miner node to verify transactions and store it on the ledger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Geth enables you to-<\/p>\n\n\n\n