Description: Understanding Bitcoin : Cryptography, engineering and economics, Hardcover by Franco, Pedro, ISBN 1119019168, ISBN-13 9781119019169, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Discover Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that has the finance world buzzing
Bitcoin is arguably one of the biggest developments in finance since the advent of fiat currency. With Understanding Bitcoin, expert author Pedro Franco provides finance professionals with a complete technical guide and resource to the cryptography, engineering and economic development of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. This comprehensive, yet accessible work fully explores the supporting economic realities and technological advances of Bitcoin, and presents positive and negative arguments from various economic schools regarding its continued viability.
This authoritative text provides a step-by-step description of how Bitcoin works, starting with public key cryptography and moving on to explain transaction processing, the blockchain and mining technologies. This vital resource reviews Bitcoin from the broader perspective of currencies and explores historical attempts at cryptographic currencies. Bitcoin is, after all, not just a currency; its a modern approach to the secure transfer of value using cryptography. This book is a detailed guide to what it is, how it works, and how it just may jumpstart a change in the way value changes hands.
- Understand how Bitcoin works, and the technology behind it
- Delve into the economics of Bitcoin, and its impact on the financial industry
- Discover alt-coins and other available cryptocurrencies
- Explore the ideas behind Bitcoin technologies
- Learn transaction protocols, micropayment channels, atomic cross-chain trading, and more
Bitcoin challenges the basic assumption under which the current financial system rests: that currencies are issued by central governments, and their supply is managed by central banks. To fully understand this revolutionary technology, Understanding Bitcoin is a uniquely complete, reader-friendly guide.
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Book Title: Understanding Bitcoin : Cryptography, engineering and economics
Item Length: 9.9in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 7in
Author: Pedro Franco
Publication Name: Understanding Bitcoin : Cryptography, Engineering and Economics
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Publication Year: 2014
Series: The Wiley Finance Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
