Bitcoin A Work In Progress

Author : Sjors Provoost
Publisher : Purple Dunes
ISBN 13 : 9090360425
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bitcoin: A Work in Progress written by Sjors Provoost and published by Purple Dunes. This book was released on with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With thousands of “crypto” projects out there, they say Bitcoin is old and boring, but nothing could be further from the truth. This book will guide you through the latest developments in Bitcoin, as seen through the eyes of one of its many developers. You'll learn about the latest soft fork known as Taproot, the challenges of keeping open source software free of money-stealing bugs and malware, new ways to protect nodes against evildoers on the internet, how to deal with the ever-growing blockchain, and more! Each chapter links to a corresponding episode of the Bitcoin, Explained podcast. The book also links to more than two hundred articles, videos, podcasts, and even the source code. And thanks to a tiny QR code next to every link, you'll never have to type long URLs. The author is a software developer based in Utrecht, The Netherlands. He has been working in the Bitcoin industry since 2014 and became a Bitcoin Core contributor in 2017, giving him a front row seat to all the latest and most exciting technical developments. He is a co-host on the Bitcoin Magazine podcast Bitcoin, Explained.

Author : Jimmy Song
Publisher : O'Reilly Media
ISBN 13 : 1492031461
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Programming Bitcoin written by Jimmy Song and published by O'Reilly Media. This book was released on 2019-02-08 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into Bitcoin technology with this hands-on guide from one of the leading teachers on Bitcoin and Bitcoin programming. Author Jimmy Song shows Python programmers and developers how to program a Bitcoin library from scratch. You’ll learn how to work with the basics, including the math, blocks, network, and transactions behind this popular cryptocurrency and its blockchain payment system. By the end of the book, you'll understand how this cryptocurrency works under the hood by coding all the components necessary for a Bitcoin library. Learn how to create transactions, get the data you need from peers, and send transactions over the network. Whether you’re exploring Bitcoin applications for your company or considering a new career path, this practical book will get you started. Parse, validate, and create bitcoin transactions Learn Script, the smart contract language behind Bitcoin Do exercises in each chapter to build a Bitcoin library from scratch Understand how proof-of-work secures the blockchain Program Bitcoin using Python 3 Understand how simplified payment verification and light wallets work Work with public-key cryptography and cryptographic primitives

Author : Satoshi Nakamoto
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781945652011
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Official Bitcoin Coloring Book written by Satoshi Nakamoto and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bitcoin humor and insight from the digital currency's creator also includes a treasure hunt.

Author : Paul Vigna
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250114608
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Truth Machine written by Paul Vigna and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Views differ on bitcoin, but few doubt the transformative potential of Blockchain technology. The Truth Machine is the best book so far on what has happened and what may come along. It demands the attention of anyone concerned with our economic future." —Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard, Former Treasury Secretary From Michael J. Casey and Paul Vigna, the authors of The Age of Cryptocurrency, comes the definitive work on the Internet’s Next Big Thing: The Blockchain. Big banks have grown bigger and more entrenched. Privacy exists only until the next hack. Credit card fraud is a fact of life. Many of the “legacy systems” once designed to make our lives easier and our economy more efficient are no longer up to the task. Yet there is a way past all this—a new kind of operating system with the potential to revolutionize vast swaths of our economy: the blockchain. In The Truth Machine, Michael J. Casey and Paul Vigna demystify the blockchain and explain why it can restore personal control over our data, assets, and identities; grant billions of excluded people access to the global economy; and shift the balance of power to revive society’s faith in itself. They reveal the disruption it promises for industries including finance, tech, legal, and shipping. Casey and Vigna expose the challenge of replacing trusted (and not-so-trusted) institutions on which we’ve relied for centuries with a radical model that bypasses them. The Truth Machine reveals the empowerment possible when self-interested middlemen give way to the transparency of the blockchain, while highlighting the job losses, assertion of special interests, and threat to social cohesion that will accompany this shift. With the same balanced perspective they brought to The Age of Cryptocurrency, Casey and Vigna show why we all must care about the path that blockchain technology takes—moving humanity forward, not backward.

Author : Arvind Narayanan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400884152
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies written by Arvind Narayanan and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative introduction to the exciting new technologies of digital money 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)

Author : Kalle Rosenbaum
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1638355975
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grokking Bitcoin written by Kalle Rosenbaum and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-04-17 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary If you think Bitcoin is just an alternative currency for geeks, it's time to think again. Grokking Bitcoin opens up this powerful distributed ledger system, exploring the technology that enables applications both for Bitcoin-based financial transactions and using the blockchain for registering physical property ownership. With this fully illustrated, easy-to-read guide, you'll finally understand how Bitcoin works, how you can use it, and why you can trust the blockchain. Foreword by David A. Harding, Contributor to Bitcoin documentation. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology Inflation, depressed economies, debased currencies ... these are just a few of the problems centralized banking has caused throughout history. Bitcoin, a digital currency created with the ambition to shift control away from change-prone governments, has the potential to bring an end to those problems once and for all. It's time to find out how it can help you. About the Book Grokking Bitcoin explains why Bitcoin's supporters trust it so deeply, and why you can too. This approachable book will introduce you to Bitcoin's groundbreaking technology, which is the key to this world-changing system. This illustrated, easy-to-read guide prepares you for a new way of thinking with easy-to-follow diagrams and exercises. You'll discover how Bitcoin mining works, how to accept Bitcoin, how to participate in the Bitcoin network, and how to set up a digital wallet. What's inside Bitcoin transactions The blockchain Bitcoin mining Bitcoin wallets About the Reader Intended for anyone interested in learning about Bitcoin technology. While a basic understanding of technical concepts is beneficial, no programming skills are necessary. About the Author Kalle Rosenbaum is a computer scientist, an avid Bitcoin supporter, and the founder of Propeller, a Bitcoin consultancy. Table of Contents Introduction to Bitcoin Cryptographic hash functions and digital signatures Addresses Wallets Transactions The blockchain Proof of work Peer-to-peer network Transactions revisited Segregated witness Bitcoin upgrades

Author : Elias Ahonen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780995089907
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Physical Bitcoins and Crypto-Currencies written by Elias Ahonen and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical crypto-currency consists of collectible tokens with a theme relating to Bitcoin or comparable digital money systems. Many such coins actually contain balances of digital currency, and can be quite valuable both for their contents, metal composition, and rarity. This Encyclopedia organizes and explains them in academic fashion.

Author : Mukesh Jindal
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 9357087354
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crypto the Disruptor written by Mukesh Jindal and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2024-03-29 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indian crypto market has experienced an exponential surge in the past few years and become a vehicle to get rich quickly. However, what exactly is crypto? How did we reach the crypto stage—a decentralized system of finance—from the barter system? Crypto the Disruptor answers these and other such penetrating questions as it traces the history of money and the global economy. Providing a deep historical perspective, the author, through stories, captures the journey of the world’s financial system from the stone-age to the present. It analyses the movement of the world economic system from a centralized entity to a decentralized one and emphasizes the role of technology in the transformation of the global financial system. More importantly, this book explores the emergence of new forms of money such as cryptocurrencies and their relevance in a new world driven by digital technology. The final chapter educates readers about crypto investing in India and how investors should approach this new asset class, which is volatile yet offers great potential to create stupendous wealth.

Author : Kevin Daimi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031140540
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the ICR’22 International Conference on Innovations in Computing Research written by Kevin Daimi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, Proceedings of the ICR ́22 International Conference on Innovations in Computing Research, provides an essential compilation of relevant and cutting-edge academic and industry work on key computer and network security, smart cities, smart energy, IoT, health informatics, biomedical imaging, data science and computer science and engineering education topics. It offers an excellent professional development resource for educators and practitioners on the state-of-the-art in these areas and contributes towards the enhancement of the community outreach and engagement component of the above-mentioned areas. Various techniques, methods, and approaches adopted by experts in these fields are introduced. This book provides detailed explanation of the concepts that are pertinently reinforced by practical examples, and a road map of future trends that are suitable for innovative computing research. It is written by professors, researchers, and industry professionals with long experience in these fields to furnish a rich collection of manuscripts in highly regarded topics that have not been creatively compiled together before. This book can be a valuable resource to university faculty, students to enhance their research work and as a supplement to their courses in these fields, researchers, and industry professionals. Furthermore, it is a valuable tool to experts in these areas to contribute towards their professional development efforts.

Author : Jag Virk
Publisher : Jag Virk
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crypto Companion for Beginners: Beginners Guide to Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency written by Jag Virk and published by Jag Virk. This book was released on 2018-02-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Crypto Companion is your first stop for understanding Blockchain, Bitcoin, and Cryptocurrency. Learn about what it is, how to use it, and how to buy, sell, or trade it. This is a must-read for beginners and amateurs who are thinking of dipping their feet in the fascinating world of blockchain and Bitcoin or have little understanding of it. It is designed to bring you up to speed on the essentials: -Introduction to Bitcoin -Brief history -Introduction to Crypto -Understand Blockchain -Litecoin and Ethereum -Initial Coin Offerings -Using Cryptocurrency -Hot to Buy, Sell, or Trade Bitcoin and Crypto -Methods for storing Cryptocurrency -Transferring Cryptocurrency to someone else and receiving it You will also learn about: -Making your first crypto to crypto trade -Tips for building a healthy crypto portfolio -Risks and pitfalls -How to avoid scam cryptocurrencies -Staying safe in the cryptosphere