Litteraturen om kryptovaluta og Bitcoin er i kraftig vekst og boka "Mastering Bitcoin - Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies" av Andreas Antonopolous er førebels eit høgdepunkt. Boka er gitt ut av O'Reilly Media og Tim O'Reilly har vist tidlegare å ha god teft og han har sett at Bitcoin-teknologien representerer eit viktig gjennombrot. Her er hans innleiing til O'Reilly sitt Bitcoin-seminar nyleg.
Andreas Antonopolous er truleg den utanom kjerneutviklarane i Bitcoin-systemet som har best innsikt i teknologien. Antonopolous seier sjølv om bakgrunnen for å skriva boka at det var den beste måten å læra seg Bitcoin på ("the best way to learn something is to teach it!"). Andreas A. veit kva han snakkar om for han underviser også, mellom anna på kurset Digital Currency ved universitetet i Nicosia. Her kan du faktisk ta ein mastergrad i emnet ved å følgja undervisinga via nettet.
Andreas er fødd og oppvaksen i Hellas, men tok IT-utdanninga i London før han flytta vidare til USA. Spesialområdet hans er sikkerheit og cloud computing, men etter at han - ganske seint - oppdaga Bitcoin, har det meste dreia seg om den teknologien. Han er eit mykje brukt foredragshaldar.
Boka "Mastering Bitcoin" er akkurat så teknisk som du forventar av ein person som AA, men boka passar også for dei som ikkje driv utvikling. Du skal likevel ha ei viss interesse for dei tekniske sidene ved Bitcoin for å få fullt utbyte.
Boka har desse kapitla:
Chapter 1: Introduction
What Is Bitcoin?
History of Bitcoin
Bitcoin Uses, Users, and Their Stories
Getting Started
Chapter 2: How Bitcoin Works
Transactions, Blocks, Mining, and the Blockchain
Bitcoin Transactions
Constructing a Transaction
Bitcoin Mining
Mining Transactions in Blocks
Spending the Transaction
Chapter 3: The Bitcoin Client
Bitcoin Core: The Reference Implementation
Using Bitcoin Core’s JSON-RPC API from the Command Line
Alternative Clients, Libraries, and Toolkits
Chapter 4: Keys, Addresses, Wallets
Introduction
Bitcoin Addresses
Implementing Keys and Addresses in Python
Wallets
Advanced Keys and Addresses
Chapter 5: Transactions
Introduction
Transaction Lifecycle
Transaction Structure
Transaction Outputs and Inputs
Transaction Chaining and Orphan Transactions
Transaction Scripts and Script Language
Standard Transactions
Chapter 6: The Bitcoin Network
Peer-to-Peer Network Architecture
Nodes Types and Roles
The Extended Bitcoin Network
Network Discovery
Full Nodes
Exchanging “Inventory”
Simplified Payment Verification (SPV) Nodes
Bloom Filters
Bloom Filters and Inventory Updates
Transaction Pools
Alert Messages
Chapter 7: The Blockchain
Introduction
Structure of a Block
Block Header
Block Identifiers: Block Header Hash and Block Height
The Genesis Block
Linking Blocks in the Blockchain
Merkle Trees
Merkle Trees and Simplified Payment Verification (SPV)
Chapter 8: Mining and Consensus
Introduction
Decentralized Consensus
Independent Verification of Transactions
Mining Nodes
Aggregating Transactions into Blocks
Constructing the Block Header
Mining the Block
Successfully Mining the Block
Validating a New Block
Assembling and Selecting Chains of Blocks
Mining and the Hashing Race
Consensus Attacks
Chapter 9: Alternative Chains, Currencies, and Applications
A Taxonomy of Alternative Currencies and Chains
Meta Coin Platforms
Alt Coins
Noncurrency Alt Chains
Future of Currencies
Chapter 10: Bitcoin Security
Security Principles
User Security Best Practices
Conclusion
Appendix: Transaction Script Language Operators, Constants, and Symbols
Appendix: Bitcoin Improvement Proposals
Appendix: pycoin, ku, and tx
Appendix: Available Commands with sx Tools
Andreas Antonopolous er truleg den utanom kjerneutviklarane i Bitcoin-systemet som har best innsikt i teknologien. Antonopolous seier sjølv om bakgrunnen for å skriva boka at det var den beste måten å læra seg Bitcoin på ("the best way to learn something is to teach it!"). Andreas A. veit kva han snakkar om for han underviser også, mellom anna på kurset Digital Currency ved universitetet i Nicosia. Her kan du faktisk ta ein mastergrad i emnet ved å følgja undervisinga via nettet.
Andreas er fødd og oppvaksen i Hellas, men tok IT-utdanninga i London før han flytta vidare til USA. Spesialområdet hans er sikkerheit og cloud computing, men etter at han - ganske seint - oppdaga Bitcoin, har det meste dreia seg om den teknologien. Han er eit mykje brukt foredragshaldar.
Boka "Mastering Bitcoin" er akkurat så teknisk som du forventar av ein person som AA, men boka passar også for dei som ikkje driv utvikling. Du skal likevel ha ei viss interesse for dei tekniske sidene ved Bitcoin for å få fullt utbyte.
Boka har desse kapitla:
Chapter 1: Introduction
What Is Bitcoin?
History of Bitcoin
Bitcoin Uses, Users, and Their Stories
Getting Started
Chapter 2: How Bitcoin Works
Transactions, Blocks, Mining, and the Blockchain
Bitcoin Transactions
Constructing a Transaction
Bitcoin Mining
Mining Transactions in Blocks
Spending the Transaction
Chapter 3: The Bitcoin Client
Bitcoin Core: The Reference Implementation
Using Bitcoin Core’s JSON-RPC API from the Command Line
Alternative Clients, Libraries, and Toolkits
Chapter 4: Keys, Addresses, Wallets
Introduction
Bitcoin Addresses
Implementing Keys and Addresses in Python
Wallets
Advanced Keys and Addresses
Chapter 5: Transactions
Introduction
Transaction Lifecycle
Transaction Structure
Transaction Outputs and Inputs
Transaction Chaining and Orphan Transactions
Transaction Scripts and Script Language
Standard Transactions
Chapter 6: The Bitcoin Network
Peer-to-Peer Network Architecture
Nodes Types and Roles
The Extended Bitcoin Network
Network Discovery
Full Nodes
Exchanging “Inventory”
Simplified Payment Verification (SPV) Nodes
Bloom Filters
Bloom Filters and Inventory Updates
Transaction Pools
Alert Messages
Chapter 7: The Blockchain
Introduction
Structure of a Block
Block Header
Block Identifiers: Block Header Hash and Block Height
The Genesis Block
Linking Blocks in the Blockchain
Merkle Trees
Merkle Trees and Simplified Payment Verification (SPV)
Chapter 8: Mining and Consensus
Introduction
Decentralized Consensus
Independent Verification of Transactions
Mining Nodes
Aggregating Transactions into Blocks
Constructing the Block Header
Mining the Block
Successfully Mining the Block
Validating a New Block
Assembling and Selecting Chains of Blocks
Mining and the Hashing Race
Consensus Attacks
Chapter 9: Alternative Chains, Currencies, and Applications
A Taxonomy of Alternative Currencies and Chains
Meta Coin Platforms
Alt Coins
Noncurrency Alt Chains
Future of Currencies
Chapter 10: Bitcoin Security
Security Principles
User Security Best Practices
Conclusion
Appendix: Transaction Script Language Operators, Constants, and Symbols
Appendix: Bitcoin Improvement Proposals
Appendix: pycoin, ku, and tx
Appendix: Available Commands with sx Tools
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