LearnBlockchainProgrammingwithJavaScriptbeginsbygivingyouaclearunderstandingofwhatblockchaintechnologyis.You’llthensetupanenvironmenttobuildyourveryownblockchainandyou’lladdvariousfunctionalitiestoit.Byaddingfunctionalitiestoyourblockchainsuchastheabilitytominenewblocks,createtransactions,andsecureyourblockchainthroughaproof-of-workyou’llgainanin-depthunderstandingofhowblockchaintechnologyfunctions.Asyoumakeyourwaythroughthechapters,you’lllearnhowtobuildanAPIservertointeractwithyourblockchainandhowtohostyourblockchainonadecentralizednetwork.You’llalsobuildaconsensusalgorithmanduseittoverifydataandkeeptheentireblockchainnetworksynchronized.Intheconcludingchapters,you’llfinishbuildingyourblockchainprototypeandgainathoroughunderstandingofwhyblockchaintechnologyissosecureandvaluable.Bytheendofthisbook,you'llunderstandhowdecentralizedblockchainnetworksfunctionandwhydecentralizationissuchanimportantfeatureforsecuringablockchain.