Mastering Bitcoin
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a well-known technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of bitcoin's most well-known and respected leaders. Andreas makes complex issues approachable and understandable as an entertaining public speaker, teacher, and writer. As an advisor, he assists startups in identifying, evaluating, and navigating security and business issues.
Mastering Bitcoin is required reading for anyone interested in studying the fundamentals of bitcoin, its technical operation, or whether you're developing the next big bitcoin killer app or business. This book will help you construct money, from using a bitcoin wallet to buy a cup of coffee to running a bitcoin marketplace with hundreds of thousands of transactions to collectively inventing new financial breakthroughs that will revolutionize our understanding of currency and credit. You're going to open the door to a new economy. This book holds the key.
This book will teach you everything you need to know about decentralized digital currency, one of the most exciting technological revolutions in decades. Decentralized digital money, in the form of crypto-currencies, has the potential to revolutionize the foundations of money, credit, and financial services, just as the Internet has transformed dozens of industries ranging from media and entertainment to shopping, travel, and many more. It also has the potential to revolutionize other social activities and institutions that aren't often associated with money, such as businesses, government, voting, and the law.
Bitcoin is the ideal starting point for everyone interested in decentralized digital money, its ramifications, and applications because it was the first successful digital currency. Among the best books on cryptocurrency, Mastering Bitcoin delves into the technical foundations of bitcoin and other cryptographic currencies, covering everything from key and address cryptography to the data structures, network protocols, and consensus mechanism ("mining") that support bitcoin. User stories, elegant analogies and examples, and code snippets illustrating crucial concepts are used to explain each technical topic. The first two chapters provide a broad and accessible introduction to bitcoin aimed at a wide range of audiences, from new non-technical users to investors and business executives looking to better grasp bitcoin. The remainder of the book delves into the technical details of bitcoin's operation and is intended for professional developers, engineers, software and systems architects, systems administrators, and technically savvy individuals interested in the inner workings of bitcoin and comparable crypto-currencies. Mastering Bitcoin is a reference book for technical professionals, a self-study guide for bitcoin businesses, and a textbook for university courses on bitcoin and digital currencies.
Bitcoin is still in its early stages, yet it has already produced a multi-billion dollar global economy that is expanding at an exponential rate. Bitcoin is being accepted as a payment mechanism by both new and existing businesses, and investors are backing a flurry of new bitcoin and related enterprises. Understanding Bitcoin can help you become a part of this thriving new economy. The time has come to get started.
Author: Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042/
Ratings: 4.7 out of 5 stars (from 200 reviews)
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