Mastering Bitcoin, Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Mastering Bitcoin, Andreas M. Antonopoulos
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Mastering Bitcoin
Programming the Open Blockchain

Author: Andreas M. Antonopoulos

Narrator: Rick Font

Abridged: 5 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/19/2021


Synopsis

Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain

(Abridged Edition) by Andreas M. Antonopoulos

Join the technological revolution that's taking the world of finance 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. This economy is 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 to bitcoin 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

Improved explanations of keys, addresses and wallets

User stories, analogies, examples, and code snippets...

Reviews

Goodreads review by Athan on November 11, 2016

I read Cryptocurrency by Paul Vigna and Michael Casey and I loved it. I was so mesmerized that I immediately sat down and wrote an eight page stream-of-consciousness account of what it left me thinking Bitcoin was. And in doing so I realized that I did not have a full grasp of the detail. Worse stil......more

Goodreads review by Juvoni on November 05, 2017

As a technologist and investor in Bitcoin, coming from a value investing background, I felt uncomfortable getting lucky investing in Bitcoin based on speculation as it was hard to wrap my mind around the utility and potential of Bitcoin. Reading Mastering Bitcoin has significantly improved my unders......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on October 30, 2015

An excellent overview of Bitcoin that simultaneously presents the big picture in a very readable way while also providing very specific details of how the protocol works, complete with examples. Technical writing, as it should be.......more

Goodreads review by Tadas on April 24, 2018

This one Side note. Andreas is too much in love with bitcoin and there were so much hype in the area that everyone forgot 1) this technology is free to access and improve for anyone, and 2) that Bitcoin economic concepts are amateurish and as a consequence - creating procyclical behavior. Way better......more

Goodreads review by Dalan on July 26, 2017

Great peek into the technical aspects of bitcoin/the blockchain. Having read more high level descriptions, I was always curious about the implementation details. This book provides quite a satisfactory introduction to this universe.......more