Ebook: Hands-On IoT Solutions with Blockchain: Discover How Converging IoT and Blockchain Can Help You Build Effective Solutions

Cover; Title Page; Copyright and Credits; About Packt; Contributors; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Understanding IoT and Developing Devices on the IBM Watson IoT Platform; What is IoT?; Common business use cases of IoT; Connected car; Connected persons; Technical elements in IoT ; Devices; Edge computing; Networking; Wireless (Wi-Fi) or cabled network; Cellular/mobile network; Low-power wide-area network (LPWAN); LoRa or LoRaWAN; Network summary; Application protocols; MQTT; Analytics and AI; IBM Watson IoT Platform features; Features; Dashboard; Devices, gateways, and applications;IoT and Blockchain are not limited to certain industries or use cases. Almost any business with a network and IoT device can reduce costs, improve business efficiency, and remove single points of failure in networks by implementing Blockchain. This book will help you implement an end-to-end Blockchain and IoT solution using best practices.