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100			_aNarayanan, Arvind
245			_aBitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies : _b a comprehensive introduction
260			_aNew Jersey : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2016]
300			_axxvii, 304 pages
505			_tIntroduction to cryptography and cryptocurrencies -- _tHow Bitcoin achieves decentralization -- _tMechanics of Bitcoin -- _tHow to store and use Bitcoins -- _tBitcoin mining -- _tBitcoin and anonymity -- _tCommunity, politics, and regulation -- _tAlternative mining puzzles -- _tBitcoin as a platform -- _tAltcoins and the cryptocurrency ecosystem -- _tDecentralized institutions : the future of Bitcoin?
520			_aBitcoin 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
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