Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction
Arvind Narayanan and his colleagues provide a technical foundation for understanding how digital currencies function in the modern world. This authoritative text moves beyond the market hype to explain the computer science principles that make Bitcoin possible. Readers explore the mechanics of the blockchain, the cryptographic building blocks of security, and the decentralization methods that all…
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