Princeton Bitcoin textbook is now freely available
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Princeton Bitcoin textbook is now freely available
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#2Here's the link to the actual PDF: https://d28rh4a8wq0iu5.cloudfront.net/bitcointech/readings/p...
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#3I read this book when I took CS251 last fall. It is an accessible, mostly nontechnical overview of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. For those interested in reading the book and learning more about cryptocurrencies, I recommend going through the CS251 reading list which includes this book.
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#4I found the book(& course notes) to be interesting but non-technical & little verbose. For those wanting to read technical subject matter I'd recommend the bitcoin developer reference & bitcoin developer guide at bitcoin.org
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#5Michael Nielsen has a nice intro the protocol, for those looking for another source:
http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/how-the-bitcoin-protocol-a...
(he has other articles I would recommend taking a look at, too --- check them out if you're interested! )
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#6Despite being a little outdated and justifiably overly focused on the computer-science aspects, this is a huge improvement in bringing academia up to speed on cryptoeconomics.
Re: Princeton Bitcoin textbook is now freely available
#7Michael Nielsen has a nice intro the protocol, for those looking for another source: http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/how-the-bitcoin-protocol-a... (he has other articles I would recommend taking a look at, too --- check them out if you're interested! )
This is the resource I recommend to all of my friends as well. Great walkthrough.
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#8>> Princeton University Press is publishing the official, polished, and professionally done version of this book. It will be out in summer 2016.
Is this really freely available? I'd much rather see Princeton release this book to the public domain.
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#9>> Princeton University Press is publishing the official, polished, and professionally done version of this book. It will be out in summer 2016. Is this really freely available? I'd much rather see Princeton release this book to the public domain.
You can download the draft as PDF right from their site.
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