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020 _a9780691171692
_q(hardcover
_qalkaline paper)
020 _a0691171696
_q(hardcover
_qalkaline paper)
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035 _a(OCoLC)948878724
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100 1 _aNarayanan, Arvind,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aBitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies :
_ba comprehensive introduction /
_cArvind Narayanan, Joseph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller, and Steven Goldfeder.
260 _aPrinceton, New Jersey :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c2016
300 _axxvii, 304 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c26 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aForeword: The Long Road to Bitcoin / Jeremy Clark -- Introduction to cryptography and cryptocurrencies -- How Bitcoin achieves decentralization -- Mechanics of Bitcoin -- How to store and use Bitcoins -- Bitcoin mining -- Bitcoin and anonymity -- Community, politics, and regulation -- Alternative mining puzzles -- Bitcoin as a platform -- Altcoins and the cryptocurrency ecosystem -- Decentralized institutions : the future of Bitcoin?
520 _a"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"--Back cover.
583 1 _aLegacy
_c2017
_5UoY
650 0 _aBitcoin.
650 0 _aCryptocurrencies.
650 0 _aCryptography.
650 0 _aMoney.
650 7 _aFinance and Accounting.
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650 7 _aBitcoin.
_2fast
650 7 _aCryptography.
_2fast
650 7 _aElectronic funds transfers.
_2fast
650 7 _aMoney.
_2fast
650 7 _aBitcoin
_2gnd
650 7 _aFinance and Accounting.
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