In recent years, blockchain development has grown quickly from the original Bitcoin protocol to the second-generation Ethereum platform, and to today’s process of building third-generation blockchains. During this evolution, we can see how blockchain technology has evolved from its original form as a distributed database to becoming a fully fledged, globally distributed, cloud computing platform. This book traces the past, present, and future of blockchain technology. * Presents the knowledge and history of Bitcoin * Offers blockchain applications * Discusses developing working code for real-world blockchain applications * Includes many real-life examples * Covers the original Bitcoin protocol to the second-generation Ethereum platform * * * Bitcoin and Blockchain: History and Current Applications is a useful reference for students, business schools, research scholars, practitioners, and business analytics professionals.