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  • Mastering Bitcoin

  • Programming the Open Blockchain
  • Written by: Andreas M. Antonopoulos
  • Narrated by: Rick Font
  • Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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Narrated by: Rick Font
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Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain

(Abridged Edition) by Andreas M. Antonopoulos

Join the technological revolution that's taking the world of finance by storm. Mastering Bitcoin is your guide through the seemingly complex world of bitcoin, providing the knowledge you need to participate in the internet of money. Whether you're building the next killer app, investing in a start-up, or simply curious about the technology, this revised and expanded second edition provides essential detail to get you started.

Bitcoin, the first successful decentralized digital currency, is still in its early stages and yet it's already spawned a multi billion dollar global economy. This economy is open to anyone with the knowledge and passion to participate. Mastering Bitcoin provides the knowledge. You simply supply the passion.

The second edition includes:

  • A broad introduction to bitcoin ideal for non-technical users, investors, and business executives
  • An explanation of the technical foundations of bitcoin and cryptographic currencies for developers, engineers, and software and systems architects
  • Details of the bitcoin decentralized network, peer-to-peer architecture, transaction lifecycle, and security principles
  • New developments such as Segregated Witness, Payment Channels, and Lightning Network
  • Improved explanations of keys, addresses, and wallets
  • User stories, analogies, examples, and code snippets
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Great Book, bad reading

the book is excellent, I learned a lot but honestly the reader was mediocre at best

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Great. But narrator should be a technical person.

Great abridged version. Very useful to understand the concepts of Bitcoin in details.

But keep in mind that this is a rather technical book. It's probably better of more value if you have a tech background. The full version also has great code snippets to explain the core concepts.

The only downside about this audiobook is that the narrator is clearly not a technical person, so there's some "filling in the gaps" required.

E.g.: In chap 6 of the audiobook, the narrator reads'n-1' as "n dash one", instead of "n minus one". Or '10^77' as "10 77" instead of "10 to the power of 77".

The audiobook is filled with these which makes it hard to follow sometimes around the technical parts.

Getting someone with a bit of programming or technical knowledge for these readings would be valuable.

Great value otherwise.

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