This book focuses on the innovation of blockchain technology and the advantages it offers. It provides a clear and comprehensive overview of blockchain technology and its possibilities, and thereby helps readers to form an opinion and draw their own conclusions about its potential exploitations.

The book begins with a chapter on the topic of decentralized networks, which familiarizes readers with their challenges by using the example of an online trading platform. Hereinafter, it is then detailed what blockchain technology is, where it comes from, and how it works. The necessary underlying technologies are explained, and various individual approaches as well as their composition are presented. Using well-known examples such as Bitcoin and Ethereum as an illustration, the book looks at the architecture of blockchain technology and focuses on the challenges such as security and scalability. The options available when introducing blockchain technology are also outlined, and best-practice examples are presented to get a better idea of what areas benefit from this technology.

Numerous examples and detailed explanations will accompany the readers throughout the book. By the time they have reached the end, they will be able to decide for themselves what is truly innovative about blockchain technology and what is nothing more than hype.

本书重点介绍了区块链技术的创新以及它所带来的优势。它对区块链技术及其可能性进行了清晰而全面的概述，从而帮助读者对其潜在的利用价值形成看法并得出自己的结论。

本书以去中心化网络为主题的一章开始，通过使用在线交易平台的例子，让读者熟悉其挑战。随后，详细介绍了什么是区块链技术，它来自哪里，以及它如何工作。解释了必要的基础技术，并介绍了各种单独的方法以及它们的组成。本书以比特币和以太坊等知名例子为例，探讨了区块链技术的架构，并重点介绍了安全性和可扩展性等挑战。书中还概述了引入区块链技术时的可选方案，并介绍了最佳实践案例，以便更好地了解哪些领域能从这项技术中受益。

大量的例子和详细的解释将伴随着读者阅读全书。当他们读到最后时，他们将能够自己决定什么是区块链技术的真正创新，什么不过是炒作。