Index

A

• Alitin Mint
  • URL / Physical Bitcoins
• alt-coin
  • about / The rise of the alt-coin, Evaluating an alt-coin
  • evaluating / Evaluating an alt-coin
  • developer activity / Developer activity
  • launching / Launching of the alt-coin
  • legitimate feature set / The legitimate feature set
• alternative coins
  • about / Alternative coins
  • Litecoin / Alternative coins
  • Friecoin / Alternative coins
  • Namecoin / Alternative coins
• Antpool
  • URL / Additional features
• ANXPRO
  • URL / Service uptime
• ANXPro
  • URL / Online wallets
• Application Specific Integrated Chips (ASIC's) / Mining hardware
• Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) / Scrypt mining
• Armory
  • URL / Desktop wallets, Importing versus sweeping
• asymmetric cryptographic algorithm / Public key encryption
• Atom
  • URL / Editing the source code

B

• balances
  • finding / Balance and history
• BFGMiner
  • reference link / Choosing the software
• BIP-0039
  • URL / Type 2 Hierarchical Deterministic wallets
• BitAddress
  • URL / Paper wallet services, Creating a brainwallet
• Bitcoin
  • price volatility / Understanding Bitcoin's price volatility
  • URL / Installing the client
  • programming operations / Programming common Bitcoin operations
• bitcoin
  • storing / Storing your bitcoins
  • savings / Bitcoin savings
  • paper wallets / Paper wallets
  • brainwallets / Brainwallets
  • brainwallet security, increasing / Increasing brainwallet security
  • HD wallet, installing / Installing a HD wallet
  • in cold storage / Bitcoins in cold storage
  • hot wallet / Bitcoins in cold storage
  • cold storage / Bitcoins in cold storage
  • cold storage, with Electrum / Cold storage with Electrum
  • access, verifying to private key / Verifying access to a private key
  • used, for housekeeping / Good housekeeping with Bitcoin
• bitcoin, buying in 15 minutes
  • about / Buying your first bitcoin in 15 minutes, Buying bitcoin – less than a minute
  • signing up, for wallet / Signing up for a wallet – five minutes
  • funding source, adding / Adding a funding source – ten minutes
• Bitcoin-QT
  • about / Bitcoin Core
• Bitcoin/QT
  • URL / Desktop wallets
• Bitcoin addresses
  • explaining / Explaining Bitcoin addresses
  • cryptographic hashes / Cryptographic hashes
  • generating / Generating a Bitcoin address
  • working with / Working with Bitcoin addresses
• Bitcoin balance
  • looking at / Looking at your Bitcoin balance
• Bitcoin blockchain
  • protocols / Protocols built on the Bitcoin Blockchain
  • digital assets / Digital assets
• Bitcoin Charts
  • reference link / Bitcoin's price history
• Bitcoin Core
  • about / Bitcoin Core
  • URL, for source code / Bitcoin Core
• BitcoinCZ
  • URL / Additional features
• bitcoind
  • about / Bitcoin Core, Executing Bitcoin operations
• Bitcoin exchanges, comparing
  • about / Comparing Bitcoin exchanges
  • liquidity / Volume and liquidity
  • volume / Volume and liquidity
  • fees / Fees and commissions
  • commissions / Fees and commissions
  • transfer limits / Transfer limits
  • jurisdiction / Jurisdiction and regulations
  • regulations / Jurisdiction and regulations
  • service uptime / Service uptime
• BitcoinJS
  • installing / Installing BitcoinJS
  • about / Installing BitcoinJS
  • URL / Beginning the installation
• BitcoinJS installation
  • NodeJS / Installing BitcoinJS
  • BitcoinJS / Installing BitcoinJS
  • Chain.com / Installing BitcoinJS
  • requirements / Requirements
  • NodeJS, installing / Beginning the installation
  • source code, editing / Editing the source code
• Bitcoin legality by country
  • reference link / Requirements
• Bitcoin Magazine
  • URL / News sources
• Bitcoin Mining
  • about / Bitcoin mining
• Bitcoin node
  • about / Understanding a Bitcoin node
  • internals / Internals of a node
• Bitcoin operations
  • executing / Executing Bitcoin operations
  • console, opening / Opening the console
• Bitcoin Paper Wallet
  • URL / Paper wallet services
• bitcoins
  • sending / Sending and receiving bitcoins, Sending bitcoins
  • receiving / Sending and receiving bitcoins, Receiving bitcoins
• Bitcoins
  • trading, on exchange / Trading Bitcoins on an exchange
• Bitcoin Symbol
  • URL / Looking at your Bitcoin balance
• Bitcoin Testnet / Open source money
• Bitcoin wallet
  • about / Bitcoin wallets
• Bitcoin wallets
  • comparing / Comparing Bitcoin wallets
• Bitcoin Whitepaper
  • URL / The whitepaper
• Bitcoin wiki
  • reference link / Choosing the equipment
• BitcoinWisdom
  • URL / Detailed price tracking
  • about / Detailed price tracking
• Bitcoin Wisdom
  • URL / Price tickers
• BitMinter
  • URL / Additional features
• Bitstamp
  • URL / Fees and commissions, Service uptime
• blockchain
  • about / The Genesis block, The blockchain, The blockchain, Blockchains
  • blocks / Blocks
  • forks / Forks
  • Bitcoin Supply / The Bitcoin supply
  • proof of work / Proof of work
  • confirmation / Confirmation
  • difficulty level / Difficulty level
  • mining / Mining
  • difficult problem, solving / Solving a difficult problem
  • transaction fees / Transaction fees
  • public blockchains / Public Blockchains
  • closed blockchains / Permissioned Blockchains
• Blockchain
  • downloading / Downloading the blockchain
• Blockchain.info
  • URL / Verifying your wallet's balance
  • about / Installing BitcoinJS
• blocks
  • about / Keys, transactions, and blocks
• Blockscan
  • about / Verifying the results
  • URL / Verifying the results
• body
  • about / Candlestick charts
• brainwallet
  • about / Brainwallets
  • creating / Creating a brainwallet
  • security / Increasing brainwallet security
• brainwallet security
  • increasing / Increasing brainwallet security
  • URL / Increasing brainwallet security
• branching
  • about / Bitcoin Core
• Breadwallet
  • URL / Mobile wallets
• brute force approach
  • about / SHA-256
• BTC-E
  • URL / Service uptime
• BTC China
  • URL / Service uptime
• btcReport
  • about / Price tickers
  • URL / Price tickers
• bubble
  • about / Price bubbles

C

• calculating future earnings, Coinwarz
  • URL / Exchange rates
• candlestick charts
  • about / Candlestick charts
• Casascius
  • URL / Physical Bitcoins
• Circle
  • URL / Signing up for a wallet – five minutes, Online wallets
• client
  • about / Understanding a Bitcoin node
  • installing / Installing the client
  • URL, for downloading / Installing the client
  • starting / Starting the client
  • connecting, to network / Connecting to the network
  • using / Using the client
• closed blockchains / Permissioned Blockchains
• Cloud Mining
  • about / Cloud mining
• Coinbase
  • URL / Buying your first bitcoin in 15 minutes, Online wallets, Importing versus sweeping
  • account, setting up / Setting up an account
  • URL, for licenses / Setting up an account
  • funds, depositing / Depositing funds
  • about / Paper wallet guidelines
• Coinbase Exchange
  • URL / Fees and commissions, Service uptime
  • fundings / Funding and orders
  • orders / Funding and orders
  • order book and history / Order book and history
  • price charts / Price charts
• Coinbase exchange
  • using / Using Coinbase Exchange
• Coinbase Exchange platform
  • URL / Using Coinbase Exchange
• Coin Desk
  • URL / Price tickers
• CoinDesk
  • URL / News sources
• CoinKite
  • URL / Online wallets
• Coinomi
  • URL / Mobile wallets
• Coinwarz
  • about / Selecting a currency
  • URL / Selecting a currency
• confirmations
  • about / Transactions and confirmations, Confirmations
• Counterparty
  • used, for building voting system / Building a voting system with Counterparty
• Counterwallet
  • URL / Creating a wallet
• cryptographic hashes / Bitcoin addresses
• CURRENCY* BTC
  • URL, for video / News sources

D

• Dead Pirate Roberts
  • about / Seizure
• decentralized network / Decentralized network
• Deep cold storage / Bitcoins in cold storage
• desktop wallets
  • about / Desktop wallets
  • MulitBit / Desktop wallets
  • Bitcoin/QT / Desktop wallets
  • Electrum / Desktop wallets
  • Armory / Desktop wallets
• Detailed Price tracking
  • about / Detailed price tracking
• deterministic wallets
  • about / Deterministic wallets
  • creating / Creating a deterministic wallet
  • spending from / Spending from a deterministic wallet
  • Hierarchical Deterministic (HD) wallets / Type 2 Hierarchical Deterministic wallets
• digest / Cryptographic hashes
• Digital Gold
  • about / Digital gold
• digital signature
  • about / Digital signatures
  • using / Digital signatures
• document
  • signing / Signing a document
• domain name system (DNS) / Namecoin
• double spending / The Genesis block

E

• electronically traded funds (ETF's) / Transfer limits
• Electrum
  • URL / Desktop wallets, Importing versus sweeping, Installing a HD wallet
  • about / Type 2 Hierarchical Deterministic wallets
  • using / Cold storage with Electrum
• Eligius
  • URL / Additional features
• Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithms (ECDSA) / Elliptic Curve Cryptography
• encrypted wallet
  • working with / Working with an encrypted wallet
• entropy
  • about / Private keys and wallets
• Escrow contract
  • building / Building an Escrow contract
  • keys, generating / Generating the keys
  • Escrow address, generating / Generating the Escrow address
  • withdraw script, creating / Creating a withdraw script
  • transaction, signing / Signing the transaction
  • transaction, broadcasting / Broadcasting the transaction
  • refunding / Refunding
• Ethereum
  • URL / Smart contracts
• exchange
  • Bitcoins, trading on / Trading Bitcoins on an exchange
• exchange rates
  • about / Exchange rates
  • reference link / Exchange rates
  • following / Following exchange rates and news
• exchanges
  • BTC-E / Service uptime
  • ANXPRO / Service uptime
  • Coinbase Exchange / Service uptime
  • Bitstamp / Service uptime
  • Kraken / Service uptime
  • BTC China / Service uptime

F

• Fermat remainder / Mining prime numbers
• Field-Programmable Gate Arrays, (FPGA's) / Mining hardware
• finance
  • future / The future of finance
• FinCEN
  • about / Jurisdiction and regulations
• Friecoin / Alternative coins

G

• Genesis block
  • about / The Genesis block
  • Satoshi Nakamo / Satoshi Nakamoto
  • Bitcoin whitepaper / The whitepaper
  • blockchain / The blockchain
• GHash.io
  • URL / Additional features
• Git
  • about / Bitcoin Core
• Github
  • about / Bitcoin Core

H

• hardware wallets
  • about / Hardware wallets
• hash
  • about / Proof-of-Work
• HD Wallet
  • installing / Installing a HD wallet
• Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets / Generating addresses for a website
• high quality Bitcoin news and content
  • CoinDesk / News sources
  • The Coin Telegraph / News sources
  • Bitcoin Magazine / News sources
• housekeeping, with bitcoin
  • best practices / Good housekeeping with Bitcoin

I

• installation, client
  • about / Installing the client
  • requisites / Requirements
• internals, Bitcoin node
  • about / Internals of a node
  • node discovery / Node discovery
  • messaging / Messaging
  • Blockchain, maintaining / Maintaining a Blockchain
  • transaction relaying / Transaction relaying
  • Bitcoin wallet / Bitcoin wallets
• invalid Bitcoin address / Explaining Bitcoin addresses

J

• JSON
  • about / Executing Bitcoin operations
  • transaction, defining in / Defining the transaction in JSON

K

• key
  • about / Keys, transactions, and blocks
• keychains
  • about / Private keys and wallets
• Kraken
  • URL / Service uptime

L

• Ledger
  • URL / Hardware wallets
• lightweight clients
  • about / Desktop wallets
• Litecoin / Alternative coins
  • about / Litecoin
  • block rate / Block rate
  • scrypt mining / Scrypt mining
  • URL / Developer activity
• Local Bitcoins
  • URL / Buying your first bitcoin in 15 minutes

M

• makers / Fees and commissions
• market orders
  • about / Market orders
• merged mining
  • about / Merged mining
  • URL / Merged mining
• Miners / Forks
• miners
  • about / Confirmations
• mining client, requisites
  • capital / Capital
  • hardware / Hardware
  • facilities / Facilities
• mining client, setup
  • about / Setting up a mining client
  • requisites / Requirements
  • equipment, selecting / Choosing the equipment
  • software, selecting / Choosing the software
• mining conditions
  • about / Mining conditions
• mining ecosystem
  • exploring / Exploring the mining ecosystem
  • transactions, validating / Validating transactions
  • proof-of-work / Proof-of-Work
  • reward / Mining rewards
  • difficulty metrics / Difficulty metrics
  • hardware / Mining hardware
• mining hardware
  • about / Mining hardware
• mining pool
  • connecting to / Connecting to a mining pool
  • payout method / The payout method
  • fees / The pool fees
  • speed / The pool speed
  • additional features / Additional features
  • large pools, avoiding / Avoiding large pools
  • client, running / Running the client
• mining pools
  • about / Mining pools
  • payout / Fees and Payout
  • fees / Fees and Payout
• mining process / Forks
• mining profitability, estimating
  • about / Estimating profitability
  • hardware efficiency / Hardware efficiency
  • factoring, in difficulty level / Factoring in the difficulty level
  • currency, selecting / Selecting a currency
  • exchange rate / Exchange rates
• mining reward
  • about / Mining rewards
• mining shares
  • about / Mining shares
• mobile wallets
  • about / Mobile wallets
  • Breadwallet / Mobile wallets
  • Coinomi / Mobile wallets
  • Mycelium / Mobile wallets
• money
  • about / A brief history of money
• Motherboard
  • about / Facilities
  • reference link / Facilities
• MulitBit
  • URL / Desktop wallets
• Multibit
  • URL / Importing versus sweeping
• Mycelium
  • URL / Mobile wallets

N

• Namecoin / Alternative coins
  • about / Namecoin
  • decentralized domain name service (DNS) / Decentralized domain name service
  • merged mining / Merged mining
  • URL / Developer activity
• network attacks
  • about / Network attacks
  • 51 percent attack / 51 percent attacks
  • race attack / Race attacks
  • Finney attack / Finney attacks
• news events
  • following / Following exchange rates and news
• news sources
  • about / News sources
• NodeJS
  • about / Installing BitcoinJS
  • URL / Beginning the installation
• Node Package Manager (NPM) / Beginning the installation
• nodes / Blocks
• nonce
  • about / Proof-of-Work
• Notepad++ (Windows Only)
  • URL / Editing the source code

O

• online wallets
  • about / Online wallets
  • characteristics / Online wallets
  • Circle / Online wallets
  • Coinbase / Online wallets
  • Xapo / Online wallets
  • CoinKite / Online wallets
  • ANXPro / Online wallets
• Open Coinbase
  • URL / Setting up an account
• open source money
  • about / Open source money
  • alt-coin / The rise of the alt-coin
• order book
  • about / Market orders

P

• paper wallets
  • about / Paper wallets
  • one time use paper wallets / One time use paper wallets
  • creating / Creating a paper wallet
  • balance, verifying / Verifying your wallet's balance
  • importing, versus sweeping / Importing versus sweeping
  • importing / Importing your paper wallet
  • guidelines / Paper wallet guidelines
  • services / Paper wallet services
• passphrase / Creating a brainwallet
• Peercoin
  • about / Peercoin
  • proof-of-stake / Proof-of-stake
  • URL / Developer activity
• Physical Bitcoins
  • about / Physical Bitcoins
• Physical Money
  • about / A brief history of money
• pooling
  • about / Mining pools
• Preev
  • URL / Price tickers
• price tickers
  • about / Price tickers
• price tickers apps
  • about / Price tickers
  • btcReport / Price tickers
  • Coin Desk / Price tickers
  • XBT Apps / Price tickers
  • Bitcoin Wisdom / Price tickers
  • Preev / Price tickers
• price volatility, Bitcoin
  • about / Understanding Bitcoin's price volatility
  • exchange rates / Exchange rates
  • price history / Bitcoin's price history
  • price bubbles / Price bubbles
  • theft / Theft
  • seizure / Seizure
• Primecoin
  • about / Primecoin
  • prime numbers / Prime numbers
  • prime numbers, mining / Mining prime numbers
  • URL / Developer activity
• Primecoin whitepaper
  • URL / Mining prime numbers
• private keys
  • about / Private keys and wallets
• programmable money
  • about / Programmable money
  • decentralized applications / Decentralized applications
  • blockchains / Blockchains
  • smart contracts / Smart contracts
• programming operations, Bitcoin
  • about / Programming common Bitcoin operations
  • balance, checking / Checking your balance
  • addresses, generating for website / Generating addresses for a website
• proof-of-stake method / Peercoin, Proof-of-stake
• proof-of-work
  • about / Confirmations, Proof-of-Work
  • SHA-256 / SHA-256
  • Scrypt / Scrypt
• proof of work
  • about / The Bitcoin supply
  • URL / Finney attacks
• public blockchains / Public Blockchains
• Public Key Encryption / Public key encryption

R

• Reddit Thread
  • URL / Creating a brainwallet
• round
  • about / Fees and Payout

S

• Salsa20
  • about / Scrypt
• Satoshi
  • about / Mining rewards
• scriptPubKey key
  • about / Reviewing the transaction
• Scrypt
  • about / Scrypt
• scrypt / Scrypt mining
• SHA-256
  • about / SHA-256
• ShapeShift
  • about / The XCP alt-coin
  • URL / The XCP alt-coin
• spread
  • about / Market orders, Order book and history
• State of Bitcoin report
  • about / News sources
• Sublime Text
  • URL / Editing the source code

T

• taker/maker schema / Fees and commissions
• takers / Fees and commissions
• Testnet 2 / Open source money
• Testnet 3 / Open source money
• TESTNET3 / Generating a Bitcoin address
• Textmate (OS/X Only)
  • URL / Editing the source code
• The Coin Telegraph
  • URL / News sources
• Titan Bitcoin
  • URL / Physical Bitcoins
• trading techniques
  • about / Trading techniques
• transaction
  • creating / Creating a transaction
  • signing / Signing a transaction
  • broadcasting / Broadcasting the transaction
  • sending / Sending transactions
  • simple transactions / Simple transactions
• transaction history
  • finding / Balance and history
• transactions
  • about / Transactions
  • receiving / Receiving transactions
  • sending / Sending transactions, Creating and sending a transaction
  • creating / Creating and sending a transaction
  • destination address, generating / Generating a destination address
  • funding source, selecting / Selecting a funding source
  • change address, specifying / Specifying a change address
  • transaction fee, including / Including a transaction fee
  • defining, in JSON / Defining the transaction in JSON
  • encoding / Encoding and signing the transaction
  • signing / Encoding and signing the transaction
  • reviewing / Reviewing the transaction
  • broadcasting / Broadcasting the transaction
  • references / Broadcasting the transaction
  • validating / Validating transactions
• Trezor
  • URL / Hardware wallets

U

• undefined value / Beginning the installation

V

• valid Bitcoin address / Explaining Bitcoin addresses
• voting system
  • building, with Counterparty / Building a voting system with Counterparty, Finishing up
  • XCP alt-coin / The XCP alt-coin
  • creating / Creating a voting system
  • wallet, creating / Creating a wallet
  • wallet, funding / Funding the wallet
  • tokens, creating / Creating the tokens
  • tokens, sending / Sending tokens
  • votes, casting / Casting votes
  • results, verifying / Verifying the results

W

• wallet
  • encrypting / Encrypting your wallet
  • backing up / Backing up your wallet
• Wallet Generator
  • URL / Paper wallet services
• Wallet Import Format (WIF) / Programming common Bitcoin operations
• wallets
  • about / Private keys and wallets
• WarpWallet
  • URL / Increasing brainwallet security
• wick
  • about / Candlestick charts

X

• Xapo
  • URL / Online wallets
• XBT Apps
  • URL / Price tickers
• XCP / The XCP alt-coin