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"When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world's youngest billionaire and crypto's Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side? In Going Infinite Lewis sets out to answer...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Bitcoin is the digital age's novel, decentralized, and automated solution to the problem of money: accessible worldwide, controlled by nobody. Can this young upstart money challenge the global monetary order? Economist Saifedean Ammous traces the history of the technologies of money to seashells, limestones, cattle, salt, beads, metals, and government debt, explaining what gave these technologies their monetary role, what makes for sound money, and...
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2017.
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English
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"In the space of a few years, Bitcoin has gone from an idea ignored or maligned by almost everyone to an asset with a market cap of more than $12 billion. Venture capital firms, Goldman Sachs, the New York Stock Exchange, and billionaires such as Richard Branson and Peter Thiel have invested more than $1 billion in companies built on this groundbreaking technology. Bill Gates has even declared it 'better than currency'. But can its early promise endure?...
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Wiley
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"The economy is transitioning into digital currency as a means of transferring and processing transactions, but very little know about virtual currencies currently available. Bitcoin, a form of Cryptocurrency for virtual transfers and transactions, is becoming well known not only within businesses but also everyday users. Bitcoin encourages users to use as a transfer method of money in a safe and efficient way. Users have access to use Bitcoin without...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Ben Mezrich's 2009 bestseller The Accidental Billionaires is the definitive account of Facebook's founding and the basis for the Academy Award-winning film The Social Network. Two of the story's iconic characters are Harvard students Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss: identical twins, Olympic rowers, and foils to Mark Zuckerberg. Bitcoin Billionaires is the story of the brothers' redemption and revenge in the wake of their epic legal battle with Facebook....
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Apress
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Compile and run Bitcoin full nodes, lightning nodes, and user-friendly web-apps that help abstract the complexities of Bitcoin. This book not only explains the tools and techniques to help readers build their own banks and banking apps, but it also tells a story. Starting with the origins of Bitcoin-what it is and why we need it-find out what its strengths and limitations are. Understand the nature of mining and why so much energy is put into it....
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O'Reilly Media
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Dive into Bitcoin technology with this hands-on guide from one of the leading teachers on Bitcoin and Bitcoin programming. Author Jimmy Song shows Python programmers and developers how to program a Bitcoin library from scratch. You'll learn how to work with the basics, including the math, blocks, network, and transactions behind this popular cryptocurrency and its blockchain payment system. By the end of the book, you'll understand how this cryptocurrency...
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Orairī Japan
Pub. Date
2020.
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日本語
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"Dive into Bitcoin technology with this hands-on guide from one of the leading teachers on Bitcoin and Bitcoin programming. Author Jimmy Song shows Python programmers and developers how to program a Bitcoin library from scratch. You'll learn how to work with the basics, including the math, blocks, network, and transactions behind this popular cryptocurrency and its blockchain payment system. By the end of the book, you'll understand how this cryptocurrency...
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Packt Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Blockchain is a distributed database that enables permanent, transparent, and secure storage of data. The blockchain technology is the backbone of cryptocurrency and it is gaining popularity with people who work in the finance, government, and arts sectors. This book is an up-to-date, one-stop guide to this leading technology and its ...
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Orair�i Japan
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
日本語
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"Launched in early 2018, the Lightning Network (LN) is rapidly growing in users and capacity. This second-layer payment protocol works on top of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to provide near-instantaneous transactions between two parties. With this practical guide, authors Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Olaoluwa Osuntokun, and Rene Pickhardt explain how this advancement will enable the next level of scale for Bitcoin, increasing speed and privacy while...
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O'Reilly Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Blockchain-based protocols like Bitcoin and Ethereum have made sending digital values in the form of tokens as cheap and easy as sending an email. But while cryptographic tokens (sometimes called "cryptocurrencies") may be as important to the next-generation internet as the World Wide Web was to Web 1.0, people aren't yet sure how to best design tokens or even what to do with them. In this report, Shermin Voshmgir, director of the Research Institute...
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dpunkt
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Deutsch
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Das Lightning Network (LN) ist ein schnell wachsendes Second-Layer-Zahlungsprotokoll, das auf Bitcoin aufsetzt, um nahezu sofortige Transaktionen zwischen zwei Parteien zu erm�oglichen. In diesem Praxisbuch erkl�aren die Autoren Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Olaoluwa Osuntokun und Ren�e Pickhardt, wie diese Weiterentwicklung die n�achste Stufe der Skalierung von Bitcoin erm�oglicht, die Geschwindigkeit und den Datenschutz erh�oht und gleichzeitig...
17) Grokking Bitcoin
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Manning Publications
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Grokking Bitcoin explains why Bitcoin's supporters trust it so deeply, and why you can too. This approachable book will introduce you to Bitcoin's groundbreaking technology, which is the key to this world-changing system. This illustrated, easy-to-read guide prepares you for a new way of thinking with easy-to-follow diagrams and exercises. You'll discover how Bitcoin mining works, how to accept Bitcoin, how to participate in the Bitcoin network, and...
18) Bitcoin
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"A primer on the currency alternative that's changing the world. Bitcoin can be a bit puzzling to the uninitiated. Ledger? Blockchain? Mining? These cryptocurrency concepts aren't going away, and there are tremendous opportunities for those with some know-how to get onboard with the crypto culture. Bitcoin For Dummies helps you get un-puzzled, learn the Bitcoin basics, and discover the possibilities in the new world of digital currencies. With this...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Currencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP are gaining popularity, and this trusted guide can help you strike while the iron is hot to profit from the explosive growth in cryptocurrency. We'll help you understand decentralized currency, get started with leading crypto exchanges and brokers, learn techniques to buy and sell, and strategize your crypto portfolio. You'll even dig into the details on cryptocurrency tax laws and new opportunities...
20) Virtual billions: the genius, the drug lord, and the ivy league twins behind the rise of Bitcoin
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Prometheus Books
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©2016.
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English
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"Bitcoin, the digital currency, was introduced in 2009 with little fanfare; five years later, shocking the world, it was worth $14 billion. This book explores the cyber currency by focusing on the remarkable stories and intriguing personalities of those responsible for its sudden success: Satoshi Nakamoto, the reclusive and anonymous genius who created Bitcoin; Ross Ulbricht, aka the Dread Pirate Roberts, administrator of the largest and most successful...
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