Contributors

About the author

Ganesh Prasad Kumble is an expert in emerging technologies and business strategy. He has co-founded, bootstrapped, and mentored several start-ups and initiatives across SaaS, e-commerce, IoT, Blockchain, and AI. He is a contributor to several open source projects, including Ethereum and IPFS. He authored TEXA in 2017 - an ethical AI initiative based on the Turing test that is used to safely assess multi-context robots and AI models in a quantifiable manner.

He is currently leading platform innovation efforts at Aicumen Technologies, Inc. and KIP Foundation, building a general-purpose business protocol featuring identity management, third-party services, distributed compute, and immutable storage. Ganesh is also a moderator at the Ethereum Research forum.

There are several people whose encouragement and support made this book possible. I would like to begin by thanking the Packt Publishing and its entire team. My foremost thanks goes to Sanket Thodge and Devika Battike who persuaded me to take up this opportunity. As a first-time author, I am eternally thankful to Kirti Pisat, Nathanya Dias, and Gebin George who guided me in every step of this book. I’d also like to extend my thanks to Vaibhav Saini who gladly accepted my request to review the technical aspects of the book. I also thank my dear brother Madhusudhan Kumble for helping me in building the tutorials.

This acknowledgment is not complete without showcasing my gratitude to my employer Aicumen Technologies Inc., my co-workers, and the Co-founders Mr. Anantha Krishnan and Mr. Karthik Balasubramanian. Under Anantha’s and Karthik’s visionary leadership and constant mentorship over the past three years, I have been privileged to articulate some of the next-gen thoughts and design patterns in this book. I’d also like to thank all industry colleagues for supporting me in this endeavor.

Finally, my humble pranams go to my parents, family members, and teachers for all the support and well-wishes.

About the reviewers

Vaibhav Saini is an entrepreneur and advocate of an open and decentralized world. He is an IIT Delhi student, co-founder of Signy Advanced Technologies, and founder of open source projects including Dappkit, AvionDB, and SimpleAsWater. He is an open source contributor to projects such as IPFS and Ethereum and an active contributing writer at freeCodeCamp and Hacker Noon. He is also an author of Data Analytics and Data Mining: Strategy to Improve Quality, Performance, and Decision Making, from Springer Nature.

Ankur Daharwal is a technology expert in enterprise blockchain. He has been designing, architecting, and developing blockchain solutions for over 4 years. Embarking on his journey with IBM Blockchain Garage, he has brought numerous projects to fruition. He builds real-life solutions for asset management, value exchange, and traceability in many industries worldwide. Currently, he leads blockchain practice at NTT Data and serves an auxiliary role as a client solutions manager at SettleMint. He is a member of ISO TC307 DLT Standards Technical Committee as well as a member of IIB Council Blockchain Advisory Board. He has also reviewed other Packt titles, including Oracle Blockchain Services Quick Start Guide and Security Tokens and Stablecoin Quick Start Guide. He believes in fulfilling social responsibilities and supporting humanitarian causes with entrepreneurial skills in technology.

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