“If you’re looking to truly understand how Bitcoin works at a technical level and have a basic familiarity with computer science and programming, this book is for you. Researchers and advanced students will find the book useful as well.”
When starting to read the peer-reviewed book, it introduces the “corpses of failed attempts” in the online currency world. Out of the 98 mentioned payment systems most have gone nowhere except for Paypal, which the author notes, “And PayPal survived only because it quickly pivoted away from its original idea of cryptographic payments on hand-held devices!” The book then describes some of the problems of credit card services we use online that use “intermediary architecture” within their operations.
http://bitcoinist.net/princeton-releases-free-academic-bitcoin-textbook/
Topic: [2016-02-10] bitcoinist.net : Princeton Releases Free Academic Bitcoin Textbook (Read 195 times)
February 09, 2016, 09:18:35 PM
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