Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain, Second Edition

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O'Reilly
| Author:
Andreas M. Antonopoulos
| Language:
English
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Join the technological revolution thatís taking the financial world by storm. Mastering Bitcoin is your guide through the seemingly complex world of bitcoin, providing the knowledge you need to participate in the internet of money. Whether youíre building the next killer app, investing in a startup, or simply curious about the technology, this revised and expanded second edition provides essential detail to get you started.
Bitcoin, the first successful decentralized digital currency, is still in its early stages and yet itís already spawned a multi-billion-dollar global economy open to anyone with the knowledge and passion to participate. Mastering Bitcoin provides the knowledge. You simply supply the passion.
The second edition includes: A broad introduction of bitcoin and its underlying blockchainóideal for non-technical users, investors and business executives An explanation of the technical foundations of bitcoin and cryptographic currencies for developers, engineers and software and systems architects Details of the bitcoin decentralized network, peer-to-peer architecture, transaction lifecycle and security principles New developments such as Segregated Witness, Payment Channels and Lightning Network
A deep dive into blockchain applications, including how to combine the building blocks offered by this platform into higher-level applications User stories, analogies, examples and code snippets illustrating key technical concepts

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Join the technological revolution thatís taking the financial world by storm. Mastering Bitcoin is your guide through the seemingly complex world of bitcoin, providing the knowledge you need to participate in the internet of money. Whether youíre building the next killer app, investing in a startup, or simply curious about the technology, this revised and expanded second edition provides essential detail to get you started.
Bitcoin, the first successful decentralized digital currency, is still in its early stages and yet itís already spawned a multi-billion-dollar global economy open to anyone with the knowledge and passion to participate. Mastering Bitcoin provides the knowledge. You simply supply the passion.
The second edition includes: A broad introduction of bitcoin and its underlying blockchainóideal for non-technical users, investors and business executives An explanation of the technical foundations of bitcoin and cryptographic currencies for developers, engineers and software and systems architects Details of the bitcoin decentralized network, peer-to-peer architecture, transaction lifecycle and security principles New developments such as Segregated Witness, Payment Channels and Lightning Network
A deep dive into blockchain applications, including how to combine the building blocks offered by this platform into higher-level applications User stories, analogies, examples and code snippets illustrating key technical concepts

About Author

Andreas is a passionate technologist, who is well-versed in many technical subjects. He is a serial tech-entrepreneur, having launched businesses in London, New York and California. He has earned degrees in Computer Science and Data Communications and Distributed Systems from UCL. With experience ranging from hardware and electronics to high level business and financial systems technology consulting and years as CTO/CIO/CSO in many companies ó he combines authority and deep knowledge with an ability to make complex subjects easy to understand. More than 200 of his articles on security, cloud computing and data centers have been published in print and syndicated worldwide. His expertise includes Bitcoin, crypto-currencies, Information Security, Cryptography, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Linux, Open Source and robotics software development. He also has been CISSP certified for 12 years.
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