11 Feb
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Download here the new Princeton University book about Bitcoin
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies is the title of the upcoming Princeton University book about Bitcoin and Blockchain.
Written by Arvind Narayanan, Joseph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller, Steven Goldfeder (with a preface by Jeremy Clark), the book is an overview on the technology behind Bitcoin.
All the authors are experts in electronic, computer science, information systems and public affairs and teachers at Princeton University too.
Overview
This book seems to be an excellent basic understanding of Bitcoin, focusing on how it works as well as what its future could be.
In fact, the authors talk about lots of applications of the blockchain including security, anonymity, regulation, etc.
Furthermore, as many educational books do, this one offers a homework section with programming assignments with which people could impement several components of bitcoin.
Authors claim that: “After reading this book, you’ll know everything you need to be able to separate fact from fiction when reading claims about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. You’ll have the conceptual foundations you need to engineer secure software that interacts with the bitcoin network. And you’ll be able to integrate ideas from bitcoin into your own projects.”
Download for free
Princeton University decided to share a first complete draft of this book, available here for free.
The official version will be published next summer.
About the author: Amelia Tomasicchio is a writer and a journalist of Bitcoin-related news and articles. She started writing about Bitcoin in 2014 and she graduated in Rome with an essay about movie industry related to Bitcoin.
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