Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies

Just as the Internet has transformed dozens of industries - from media and entertainment to retailing, travel and many more - decentralized digital money, in the form of crypto-currencies, has the ability to transform the foundations of money, credit and financial services. As the first successful digital currency, bitcoin is the natural starting point for anyone interested in decentralized digital money, its implications and applications. Each technical topic is explained with user stories, elegant analogies and examples, and code snippets illustrating the key concepts. Mastering Bitcoin is essential reading for everyone interested in learning about bitcoin basics, the technical operation of bitcoin, or if you're building the next great bitcoin killer app or business. Mastering Bitcoin can help you become part of this vibrant new economy. Bitcoin is still in its infancy, and yet it has already spawned a multi-billion dollar, global economy that is growing exponentially. From using a bitcoin wallet to buy a cup of coffee, to running a bitcoin m

"I thoroughly enjoyed this book" according to Mark. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I have no intention to write programs that manipulate bitcoin but I found the ability to understand the technology from a coder's perspective to be very helpful.. Eric Bravick said Excellent Resource !. This book has been a joy to work with. It is coherent, well structured, technically accurate, and offers a wealth of external resources that will continue to enhance the reader's understanding of the space. Highly recommended for anyone attempting to understand Bitcoin at a deep level. Also recommended for novices in the space, just skip some of the deeper code stuff. The book is well written enough so that even a novice will gain. not hype super detailed love this book an actual smart informative amazing book. not for hypekids.

Antonopoulos is the perfect choice to write this book." - Roger Ver, Bitcoin Entrepreneur & InvestorAT&T Tech Channel offers a video review of "Mastering Bitcoin"youtu/aR3P50L8kjw. And bitcoin is likely to be seen in retrospect as the most important technology of this decade. Silicon Valley's best and brightest are working on it. Srinivasan (@balajis), General Partner Andreessen Horowitz"Bitcoin and blockchain technologies are becoming fundamental building blocks for the next generation internet. "When I talk about Bitcoin, I am sometimes asked 'but how does it really work?' Now I have a great answer for that question, because anybody who reads Mastering Bitcoin will have a deep understanding of how it works and will be well-equipped to write the next generation of amazing cryptocurrency applications" - Gavin Andresen, Chief Scientist, Bitcoin Foundation."Mastering B