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Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies
336 pages
An authoritative, academic deep-dive into the mechanics, security, and politics of the digital currency revolution.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into a rigorous, well-structured university lecture hall. The pace is steady and deliberate, designed to build a solid conceptual foundation before moving into practical engineering applications. The mood is highly intellectual and analytical, stripping away the hype surrounding digital currencies to focus on the objective mechanics of cryptography, decentralization, and network security. The prose is clear, authoritative, and instructional, guiding the reader through complex technical landscapes with the precision of a seasoned professor. It is a deeply educational experience that rewards patient study, delighting software developers, students, and tech entrepreneurs who want to move beyond surface-level understanding and truly master the architecture of the internet's new global money.
- Mood
- intellectual
- curious
- academic
- Tone
- authoritative
- educational
- objective
- analytical
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- technological revolution · digital security · decentralization of power · financial innovation
- The writing
- Clear, structured, and instructional, designed to demystify complex cryptographic concepts for practical application.
- The arc
- Moves from foundational curiosity to a confident, practical mastery of complex digital systems.
- Who it's for
- Students, software developers, and tech entrepreneurs looking for a rigorous, self-contained guide to the mechanics of digital currency.
About the book
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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