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Learning Bitcoin
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Chapter 1. Setting up a Wallet
A brief history of money
Buying your first bitcoin in 15 minutes
Explaining Bitcoin addresses
Sending and receiving bitcoins
Private keys and wallets
Transactions and confirmations
Comparing Bitcoin wallets
Summary
Chapter 2. Buying and Selling Bitcoins
Understanding Bitcoin's price volatility
Following exchange rates and news
Comparing Bitcoin exchanges
Trading Bitcoins on an exchange
Physical Bitcoins
Chapter 3. Protecting Your Bitcoins
Storing your bitcoins
Good housekeeping with Bitcoin
Chapter 4. Understanding the Blockchain
The Genesis block
Keys transactions and blocks
The blockchain
Network attacks
Alternative coins
Chapter 5. Installing a Bitcoin Node
Understanding a Bitcoin node
Installing the client
Using the client
Executing Bitcoin operations
Chapter 6. Understanding the Mining Process
Digital gold
Exploring the mining ecosystem
Mining conditions
Setting up a mining client
Connecting to a mining pool
Chapter 7. Programming Bitcoin
Programmable money
Installing BitcoinJS
Programming common Bitcoin operations
Sending transactions
Building an Escrow contract
Chapter 8. Exploring Alternative Coins
Open source money
Namecoin
Litecoin
Peercoin
Primecoin
Evaluating an alt-coin
Protocols built on the Bitcoin Blockchain
Building a voting system with Counterparty
The future of finance
Index
