Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction
 
Product details:

ISBN13:9780691171692
ISBN10:0691171696
Binding:Hardback
No. of pages:336 pages
Size:254x177 mm
Weight:906 g
Language:English
Illustrations: 11 halftones. 86 line illus. 7 tables.
0
Category:

Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies

A Comprehensive Introduction
 
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date of Publication:
Number of Volumes: Print PDF
 
Normal price:

Publisher's listprice:
GBP 48.00
Estimated price in HUF:
23 184 HUF (22 080 HUF + 5% VAT)
Why estimated?
 
Your price:

20 866 (19 872 HUF + 5% VAT )
discount is: 10% (approx 2 318 HUF off)
The discount is only available for 'Alert of Favourite Topics' newsletter recipients.
Click here to subscribe.
 
Availability:

Estimated delivery time: In stock at the publisher, but not at Prospero's office. Delivery time approx. 3-5 weeks.
Not in stock at Prospero.
Can't you provide more accurate information?
 
  Piece(s)

 
Short description:

"Block chain technology is set to disrupt many different industries. If you want to get up to speed on this fast-moving technology, this book should be your first stop."--Campbell R. Harvey, Duke University

"Among this book's many features are lots of nice, concrete examples and pleasant anecdotes, as well as a highly readable and enjoyable history of cryptocurrencies. Strongly recommended."--Tyler Moore, University of Tulsa

Long description:

An authoritative introduction to the exciting new technologies of digital money

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)


"Honorable Mention for the 2017 PROSE Award in Computing and Information Sciences, Association of American Publishers"