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Join the technological revolution that’s 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 you’re 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 it’s 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 blockchain—ideal 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 Review: Amazing book - If you are a beginner and want to jumpstart your way into blockchain and bitcoin, I am sure this is your book. Excellent book. Very rich in content and have detailed explanation of every little section. Review: The best - This book is amazing. Read this one book and you can answer any and every question about bitcoin. It goes into excruciating levels of details so if you're looking for an overview, this isn't the book for you.















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| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,327 Reviews |
A**V
Amazing book
If you are a beginner and want to jumpstart your way into blockchain and bitcoin, I am sure this is your book. Excellent book. Very rich in content and have detailed explanation of every little section.
A**B
The best
This book is amazing. Read this one book and you can answer any and every question about bitcoin. It goes into excruciating levels of details so if you're looking for an overview, this isn't the book for you.
A**H
The book covers to a great extent the nuances of Bitcoin including programming aspects
The book covers to a great extent the nuances of Bitcoin including programming aspects. However for a blockchain based technology it all the more difficult to have a simulator. All in all a well articulated and framed book for beginners. And the best among all present in the market.
K**R
Good book
Nice product
A**R
Brilliant
It will not come as a surprise if this book is made as part of college syllabus in the near future. Though targeted at techies, Andreas has tried and made it as simple as possible to the extent where even non techies can understand bitcoin and the technology behind it.
G**R
Five Stars
All technical details explained nicely. God's for in-depth knowledge about Bitcoin. Programs were an added bonus for me.
V**A
Go Grab it ASAP
Excellent book to learn bitcoin. No one else can explain you in this technique. Highly recommended .
P**R
Great book for Blockchain
Best book to get in-depth knowledge on block chain, specially on Bitcoin.
B**E
An incredibly well-written, informative, and non-ideological guide to programming Bitcoin
I have read a lot of books on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, and the quality of this one simply blows all the others out of the water. This is a very murky area informationally, and I was frankly shocked at just how good this book is. If you're familiar with other O'Reilly Press programming books, it might be less surprising that this is exceedingly well-written, extremely useful, and incredibly enlightening, but still I was taken aback at the depth and quality of this book. (I've said it already, but it bears repeating that cryptocurrency books vary widely in quality and frequently toe the line of marketing rather than informing.) In any event, kudos to Andreas and his editors and I have already preordered (and breathlessly await) his forthcoming Ethereum book. One final note: this book is a great resource not just for programming, but simply understanding, Bitcoin. Much of it is reasonably complex and requires programming background, but the book does not require you to actually be plugging code into a command line to appreciate the insights and explanations.
J**O
Excellent to really understand Bitcoin technology
Excellent to really understand Bitcoin technology
C**R
Incredibly written, uses real life scenarios to uncover Bitcoin.
I've always wanted to understand Bitcoin from an technical point of view. Reading all the BIPs and whitepaper can be challenging and quite daunting to me. I'm an engineer by trade but lack understanding and confidence in reading academic papers. This book is incredibly easy to read, applies user stories with real transactions to breakdown all parts of Bitcoin; wallets, transactions, nodes, network. There's so many "that's how that works" moments, I just wanted to read more. Great book!
A**S
Excelente livro
Excelente publicação do Andreas. Não indicado para iniciantes no assunto embora alguns capítulos iniciais abordam conceitos básicos e introdutórios do protocolo e da tecnologia por trás do Bitcoin. Para programadores, indico fortemente. Conteúdo bem elaborado e a parte técnica bem avançada.
A**A
Enganchado hasta el final como si de la mejor novela se tratase
Soy desarrollador de aplicaciones y un apasionado del mundo del blockchain y todo lo que le rodea. Compré este libro con idea de entender a fondo el funcionamiento detallado de Bitcoin y su blockchain... y no puedo estar más contento con la decisión. Lo explica todo al más mínimo detalle y aunque esto pudiese parecer un signo de lectura pesada o tediosa, en absoluto. Está genialmente escrito e hilado. Usa ejemplos prácticos de la vida real que hacen muy amena la lectura. El único requisito: saber inglés. Me terminé el libro en poco más de una semana aprovechando cualquier rato (tren, metro, andando por la calle hacia el trabajo...). En serio, me pareció apasionante. Totalmente recomendable.
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