Wave and Ripple Design Book by Satoshi Nakamoto

Believers from Beijing to Buenos Aires see the potential for a financial system free from banks and governments. The notion of a new currency, maintained by the computers of users around the world, has been the butt of many jokes, but that has not stopped it from growing into a technology worth billions of dollars, supported by the hordes of followers who have come to view it as the most important new idea since the creation of the Internet. User stories, analogies, examples, and code snippets illustrating key technical concepts lessĪ New York Times technology and business reporter charts the dramatic rise of Bitcoin and the fascinating personalities who are striving to create a new global money for the Internet age.ĭigital Gold is New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper’s brilliant and engrossing history of Bitcoin, the landmark digital money and financial technology that has spawned a global social movement. Offshoots of the bitcoin and blockchain inventions, including alternative chains, currencies, and applications New developments such as Segregated Witness, Payment Channels, and Lightning Network

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Wave and Ripple Design Book by Satoshi Nakamoto