Mastering Blockchain, Fourth Edition: Deep dive into distributed ledgers, consensus protocols, smart contracts, DApps, cryptocurrencies, Ethereum, and more
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- Chapter 1: Blockchain 101
- Chapter 2: Decentralization
- Chapter 3: Symmetric Cryptography
- Chapter 4: Public Key Cryptography
- Chapter 5: Consensus Algorithms
- Chapter 6: Introducing Bitcoin
- Chapter 7: The Bitcoin Network and Payments
- Chapter 8: Bitcoin Clients and APIs
- Chapter 9: Alternative Coins
- Chapter 10: Smart Contracts
- Chapter 11: Ethereum
- Chapter 12: Further Ethereum
- Chapter 13: Ethereum Development Environment
- Chapter 14: Development Tools and Frameworks
- Chapter 15: Introducing Web3
- Chapter 16: Serenity
- Chapter 17: Hyperledger
- Chapter 18: Tokenization
- Chapter 19: Blockchain – Outside of Currencies
- Chapter 20: Enterprise Blockchain
- Chapter 21: Scalability and Security
- Chapter 22: Privacy
- Chapter 23: Identity
- Chapter 24: Decentralized Finance
- Chapter 25: Alternative Blockchain
- Chapter 26: Current Landscape and What's Next!