About the book "Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies" offers a thorough exploration of the transformative world of digital currencies, ideal for students, developers, entrepreneurs, and researchers alike. This authoritative guide demystifies key concepts such as how Bitcoin and its blockchain function, the security of digital assets, user anonymity, and the potential for regulation ...
Comprehensive exploration of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies, covering technical aspects, security, economics, and societal impact. Equips learners with knowledge to understand and engage with the crypto ecosystem.
An authoritative introduction to the exciting new technologies of digital money 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 ...
The Coursera course Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies is a useful complement to this textbook. It has a series of video lectures that closely follow the textbook content, plus programming assignments and quizzes.
Bitcoin truly is a new technology and we can only get so far by explaining it through simple analogies to past technologies. We’ll assume that you have a basic understanding of computer science — how computers work, data structures and algorithms, and some programming experience.
We'll look at all the ways that the world of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technology touches the world of people. We'll discuss the community, politics within Bitcoin and the way that Bitcoin interacts with politics, and law enforcement and regulation issues.
Bitcoin is the name of the most recognized cryptocurrency, the one for which blockchain technology, as we currently know it, was created. A cryptocurrency is a medium of exchange such as the US dollar, but is digital and uses cryptographic techniques and its protocol to verify the transfer of funds and control the creation of monetary units.