Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (649 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1449374042 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 298 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
And bitcoin is likely to be seen in retrospect as the most important technology of this decade. Highly recommended." - Balaji S. As such, this book is an absolute must-have for any developer, especially those interested in building applications with the bitcoin protocol. Andreas' book will help you join the software revolution in the world of finance." - Naval Ravikant, cofounder, AngelList"The invention of the Bitcoin Blockchain represents an entirely new platform to build upon, one that will enable an ecosystem as wide and
Each technical topic is explained with user stories, elegant analogies and examples, and code snippets illustrating the key concepts. From using a bitcoin wallet to buy a cup of coffee, to running a bitcoin marketplace with hundreds of thousands of transactions, or collaboratively building new financial innovations that will transform our understanding of currency and credit, this book will help you engineer money. Mastering Bitcoin is intended to be used as a reference book for technical professionals, as a self-study guide for bitcoin entrepreneurs, and as a textbook for university courses on bitcoin and digital currencies. Mastering Bitcoin describes the technical foundations of bitcoin and other cryptographic currencies, from cryptography basics, such as keys and addresses, to the data structures, network protocols and the consensus mechanism ("mining") that underpin bitcoin. The first two chapters offer a broad and accessible introduction to bitcoin that is intended for all audiences, from new non-technical users to investors and business executives seeking to better understand bitcoin. This book is your key.This book will help you learn everything you need to know about decentralized digital money, which is one of the most exciting technical revolutions in decades. You're about to unlock the API to a new economy. As the first successful digital curr
I thoroughly enjoyed this book Mark I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I have no intention to write programs that manipulate bitcoin but I found the ability to understand the technology from a coder's perspective to be very helpful.. "Excellent Resource !" according to Eric Bravick. This book has been a joy to work with. It is coherent, well structured, technically accurate, and offers a wealth of external resources that will continue to enhance the reader's understanding of the space. Highly recommended for anyone attempting to understand Bitcoin at a deep level. Also recommended for novices in the space, just skip some of the deeper code stuff. The book is well written enough so that even a novice will gain significant understanding from it.. "not hype super detailed love this book" according to Brock Vond. an actual smart informative amazing book. not for hypekids.