Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies

304 pages

English language

Published July 19, 2016 by Princeton University Press.

ISBN:: 978-0-691-17169-2
OCLC Number:: 948878724

(1 review)

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. …

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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4 stars

Ideale Kombination von leserfreundlicher Darstellung und Autorenkompetenz. Wissenschaftler sind nicht immer selbst in der Lage, ein für normale Leser angenehmes und verständliches Buch zu schreiben, so dass man sich meistens entscheiden muss, was wichtiger ist: detaillierte Fachkenntnis oder lesbare Darstellung. Hier ist beides drin. Weil sich das Thema schnell weiterentwickelt, ist das Buch nicht mehr ganz aktuell (2016 erschienen, der Inhalt endet aber beim Stand von 2015), das hat mich aber nicht gestört und war an vielen Stellen sogar ganz interessant als historischer Einblick. Außerdem haben die Autoren Entwicklungen, von denen sie noch nichts wissen konnten (das Ethereum/DAO-Debakel) schon ziemlich genau vorhergesehen. Nur vier Sterne und nicht fünf, weil manche Kapitel mich dann doch nicht ganz so brennend interessiert haben.

Subjects

Money
Electronic funds transfers
Bitcoin
Cryptography