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Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies - A Comprehensive Introduction (Hardcover)
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Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies - A Comprehensive Introduction (Hardcover)
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Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies provides a comprehensive
introduction to the revolutionary yet often misunderstood new
technologies of digital currency. Whether you are a student,
software developer, tech entrepreneur, or researcher in computer
science, this authoritative and self-contained book tells you
everything you need to know about the new global money for the
Internet age. How do Bitcoin and its block chain actually work? How
secure are your bitcoins? How anonymous are their users? Can
cryptocurrencies be regulated? These are some of the many questions
this book answers. It begins by tracing the history and development
of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, and then gives the conceptual and
practical foundations you need to engineer secure software that
interacts with the Bitcoin network as well as to integrate ideas
from Bitcoin into your own projects. Topics include
decentralization, mining, the politics of Bitcoin, altcoins and the
cryptocurrency ecosystem, the future of Bitcoin, and more. * An
essential introduction to the new technologies of digital currency*
Covers the history and mechanics of Bitcoin and the block chain,
security, decentralization, anonymity, politics and regulation,
altcoins, and much more* Features an accompanying website that
includes instructional videos for each chapter, homework problems,
programming assignments, and lecture slides* Also suitable for use
with the authors' Coursera online course* Electronic solutions
manual (available only to professors)
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