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Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains: An Introduction to Cryptocurrencies and the Technology that Powers Them (Cryptography, Derivatives Investments, Futures Trading, Digital Assets, NFT) [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 408 pages, kõrgus x laius: 215x139 mm, Illustrations
  • Ilmumisaeg: 18-May-2021
  • Kirjastus: Mango Media
  • ISBN-10: 1642506737
  • ISBN-13: 9781642506730
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 408 pages, kõrgus x laius: 215x139 mm, Illustrations
  • Ilmumisaeg: 18-May-2021
  • Kirjastus: Mango Media
  • ISBN-10: 1642506737
  • ISBN-13: 9781642506730
Teised raamatud teemal:

Understand Bitcoin, Blockchains, and Cryptocurrency

“Antony helps us all clearly understand the mechanics of bitcoin and blockchain.” ?Rob Findlay, Founder, Next Money

#1 Best Seller in Investing Derivatives and Natural Resource Extraction Industry

Learn the history and basics of cryptocurrency and blockchains. There’s a lot of information on cryptocurrency and blockchains out there. But, for the uninitiated, most of this information can be indecipherable. The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains provides a guide to this new currency and the revolutionary technology that powers it.

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies. Gain an understanding of a broad spectrum of Bitcoin topics including the history of Bitcoin, the Bitcoin blockchain, and Bitcoin buying, selling, and mining. And, learn how payments are made, and how one puts a value on cryptocurrencies and digital tokens.

Blockchain technology.  What exactly is a blockchain, how does it work, and why is it important  The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains answers these questions and more. Learn about notable blockchain platforms, smart contracts, and other important facets of blockchains and their function in the changing cyber-economy.

Things to know before buying cryptocurrencies. The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains offers trustworthy and balanced insights into Bitcoin investing or investing in other cryptocurrency. Discover the risks and mitigations, learn how to identify scams, and understand cryptocurrency exchanges, digital wallets, and regulations.

Learn about:

  • Blockchain technology and how it works
  • The workings of the cryptocurrency market
  • The evolution and potential impacts of Bitcoin and blockchains on global businesses

You may have read books such as Blockchain Bubble or Revolution, Cryptoassets, Blockchain Technology Explained, Blockchain Revolution, The Bitcoin Standard, Mastering Bitcoin, or Bitcoin For Dummies, but to really understand the technology it’s time to read The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains.

Introduction 12(8)
Some Definitions
13(7)
Part 1 MONEY
20(62)
Physical and Digital Money
21(3)
How Do We Define Money?
24(14)
A Brief History of Money-Dispelling the Myths
38(44)
Forms of Money
38(5)
Money Through the Ages
43(20)
Gold Standards
63(5)
Fiat Currency and Intrinsic Value
68(4)
Currency Pegs
72(4)
Quantitative Easing
76(3)
Summary
79(3)
Part 2 DIGITAL MONEY
82(38)
How Are Interbank Payments Made?
83(32)
Same Bank
86(2)
Different Banks
88(2)
Correspondent Bank Accounts
90(4)
Central Bank Accounts
94(7)
International Payments
101(14)
E-Money Wallets
115(5)
Part 3 CRYPTOGRAPHY
120(28)
Cryptography
121(1)
Encryption and Decryption
121(15)
Hashes
136(4)
Digital Signatures
140(6)
Why Alice and Bob?
146(2)
Part 4 CRYPTOCURRENCIES
148(152)
Bitcoin
149(105)
What Are Bitcoins?
150(1)
What Is the Point of Bitcoin?
151(2)
How Does Bitcoin Work?
153(41)
Bitcoin's Ecosystem
194(1)
Bitcoin in Practice
194(7)
Bitcoin's Predecessors
201(6)
Bitcoin's Early History
207(17)
Bitcoin's Price
224(5)
Storing Bitcoins
229(1)
Software Wallets
230(6)
Hardware Wallets
236(4)
Buying and Selling Bitcoins
240(1)
Exchanges
240(7)
Over the Counter (OTC) Brokers
247(1)
Localbitcoins
248(1)
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?
249(5)
Ethereum
254(37)
What is Ethereum?
254(3)
How Is Ethereum Similar to Bitcoin?
257(18)
Smart Contracts
275(3)
Ethereum's History
278(8)
Actors in the Ethereum Ecosystem
286(4)
Ether Price
290(1)
Forks
291(9)
A Fork of a Codebase
291(1)
A Fork of a Live Blockchain: Chainsplits
292(2)
What's the Result of a Deliberate, Successful Fork?
294(1)
How Does a Deliberate Chainsplit Work?
295(1)
Media Descriptions
296(1)
Hard Forks vs Soft Forks
296(1)
Case Study 1 Bitcoin Cash
297(1)
Case Study 2 Ethereum Classic
297(1)
Other Forks
298(2)
Part 5 DIGITAL TOKENS
300(24)
What Are Digital Tokens?
301(14)
Native Blockchain Tokens
306(3)
Asset Backed Tokens
309(1)
Depository Receipt Tokens
310(1)
Title Tokens
310(1)
How Do Asset Backed Digital Tokens Work?
311(3)
Contract Tokens
314(1)
Utility Tokens
314(1)
Transactions
315(1)
Tracking of Physical Objects
315(4)
Notable Cryptocurrencies and Tokens
319(5)
Part 6 BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY
324(28)
What Is Blockchain Technology?
325(6)
What Is Common to Blockchain Technologies?
331(3)
What Are Blockchains Good For?
334(12)
Public Blockchains
334(1)
Speculation
334(1)
Darknet Markets
335(2)
Cross Border Payments
337(1)
Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)
338(1)
Other
338(1)
Private Blockchains
339(4)
Notable Private Blockchains
343(3)
Blockchain Experiments
346(6)
Questions to Ask
349(3)
Part 7 INITIAL COIN OFFERINGS
352(20)
What Are ICOs?
353(6)
How Do ICOs work?
355(1)
Whitepapers
355(2)
The Token Sale
357(2)
ICO Funding Stages
359(2)
Whitehsting
361(1)
Funding Caps
362(1)
Treasury
362(1)
Exchange Listing
363(2)
When Is a Token a Security?
365(4)
Conclusion
369(3)
Part 8 INVESTING
372(18)
Pricing
373(8)
Who Controls the Price of Utility Tokens?
379(2)
Risks and Mitigations
381(9)
Market Risk
382(1)
Liquidity Risk
382(4)
Exchange Risks
386(1)
Wallet Risks
387(1)
Regulatory Risks
388(1)
Scams
388(2)
Part 9 CONCLUSION
390(10)
Conclusion
391(1)
The Future
392(8)
Appendix 400(1)
The Fed 400(5)
Acknowledgments 405(2)
About the Author 407
In 2013, Antony Lewis became so interested in a niche online currency called Bitcoin, he left a conventional banking career to join a little startup called itBit. itBit is a bitcoin exchange, a website where clients can buy and sell bitcoins, and was one of the first wave of venture capital funded companies in the nascent cryptocurrency industry. After itBit, Antony privately consulted to clients mainly in the finance and consulting sectors, writing papers and running workshops to explain this new technology to curious professionals. In 2016 Antony joined R3, a financial industry consortium created to collaboratively explore the benefits of blockchain technology. As Director of Research, he explores and explains the evolving concepts and technologies to clients, policymakers, and the public. Antony currently sits on the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commissions FinTech Advisory Group panel. Before bitcoins and blockchains, Antony was a technologist at Credit Suisse in London and Singapore having started his banking career as an FX spot trader at Barclays Capital in 2007. Antony lives in Singapore with his wife Sarah and their two children and blogs at www.bitsonblocks.net.