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Inside blockchain, Bitcoin, and cryptocurrencies /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chowdhury, Niaz, 1984- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2020]
Subjects:
Blockchains (Databases)
Bitcoin.
Cryptocurrencies.
Chaînes de blocs.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
COMPUTERS > Information Technology.
COMPUTERS > Cryptography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to blockchain
  • Immutability of blockchain
  • Consensus mechanisms of blockchain
  • Bitcoin: world's first cryptocurrency
  • Ethereum and smart contracts
  • NEO
  • EOS
  • Ripple
  • Stellar
  • Purpose-built distributed ledgers
  • Applications of blockchain
  • Evolution of money: from barter to bitcoin
  • Cryptocurrency mining
  • Cryptocurrency wallet
  • Cryptocurrency trading and investment
  • Initial coin offerings (ICOs)
  • Economic outlook of cryptocurrency
  • Crime, criminals and cryptocurrencies
  • Regulations, laws and practices
  • Criticism, scepticism and support.