Introduction 1Part 1: Intro to Analytics and Blockchain 5Chapter 1: Driving Business with Data and Analytics 7Chapter 2: Digging into Blockchain Technology 19Chapter 3: Identifying Blockchain Data with Value 39Chapter 4: Implementing Blockchain Analytics in Business 57Chapter 5: Interacting with Blockchain Data 79Part 2: Fetching Blockchain Chain 105Chapter 6: Parsing Blockchain Data and Building the Analysis Dataset 107Chapter 7: Building Basic Blockchain Analysis Models 121Chapter 8: Leveraging Advanced Blockchain Analysis Models 139Part 3: Analyzing and Visualizing Blockchain Analysis Data 151Chapter 9: Identifying Clustered and Related Data 153Chapter 10: Classifying Blockchain Data 171Chapter 11: Predicting the Future with Regression 189Chapter 12: Analyzing Blockchain Data over Time 209Part 4: Implementing Blockchain Analysis Models 223Chapter 13: Writing Models from Scratch 225Chapter 14: Calling on Existing Frameworks 239Chapter 15: Using Third-Party Toolsets and Frameworks 251Chapter 16: Putting It All Together 267Part 5: The Part of Tens 279Chapter 17: Ten Tools for Developing Blockchain Analytics Models 281Chapter 18: Ten Tips for Visualizing Data 295Chapter 19: Ten Uses for Blockchain Analytics 305Index 315
Michael G. Solomon, PhD, is a professor at the University of the Cumberlands who specializes in courses on blockchain and distributed computing systems as well as computer security. He holds numerous security and project management certifications and has written several books on security and project management, including Ethereum For Dummies.