Mastering Bitcoin
by Andreas M. Antonopoulos · first published 2014
71% recommend27% neutral2% critical
Why HN recommends it
A technical walkthrough of how Bitcoin works, from the network to the cryptography, with code examples. Needs no deep crypto background; suits programmers who want more than high-level summaries.
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"A broad introduction to bitcoin--ideal for non-tech users, investors, and business executives; 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; offshoots of the bitcoin and blockchain inventions, including alternative chains, currencies, and applications; user stories, elegant analogies, examples, and code snippets illustrating key technical concepts"--Page [4] of cover.
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