E-Books →Mastering Bitcoin Programming the Open Blockchain, 3rd Edition

Bitcoin, the first successful decentralized digital currency, has already spawned a multibillion-dollar global economy open to anyone with the knowledge and passion to participate. Mastering Bitcoin provides the knowledge. You supply the passion.
The third edition includes:
* A broad introduction to Bitcoin and its underlying blockchain-ideal for nontechnical users, investors, and business executives
* An explanation of Bitcoin's technical foundation and cryptographic currency for developers, engineers, and software and systems architects
* Details of the Bitcoin decentralized network, peer-to-peer architecture, transaction lifecycle, and security principles
* New developments such as Taproot, Tapscript, Schnorr signatures, and the Lightning Network
* A deep dive into Bitcoin applications, including how to combine the building blocks offered by this platform into powerful new tools
* User stories, analogies, examples, and code snippets illustrating key technical concepts