Topic: Book recommendations about cryptography? (Read 656 times)
Understanding Cryptography by Christof Paar, Cryptography and Network Security by William Stallings, Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier are all great books for learning cryptography.
Doesn't necessarily have to be books,
I'm trying to gather research material about cryptography relating to the blockchain
Especially the cutting edge research like DAG, zk-snarks, alternative consensus algorithms, alternative blockchain protocols
I'm trying to gather research material about cryptography relating to the blockchain
Especially the cutting edge research like DAG, zk-snarks, alternative consensus algorithms, alternative blockchain protocols
To know about bitcoin and blockchain, I'd recommend this book Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain 2nd Edition
by Andreas M. Antonopoulos. Its 5 star on amazon. Its a little long, but you can skim through finding the main ideas for you research.
About the cryptography part, you may want to look at this one called "Cryptography and Network Security” Seventh Edition by William Stallings. A very good read. Again you can skim through and get the crucial points.
This topic is really beneficial. And I think there are plenty of books and articles. The thing is when we get into reading we want to find more and more regarding the specifics.
This is a must read - http://bloc10.com/splittingbits Splitting Bits - Understanding Bitcoin and the Blockchain. It is not a technical 'how to' book, and provides many practical examples for actual developmental use cases, and some good history of Blockchain going back to David Chaum.
This post is just what I was searching. I have some free time this winter and I finished Mastering Bitcoin. I would really like to have more knowledge in cryptography tho,because many articles I read are out of my range I really struggle to understand them..
Mastering Bitcoin is a very good start imo
Mastering Bitcoin is a very good start imo
OpenSSL Cookbook
https://www.feistyduck.com/books/openssl-cookbook/
https://www.feistyduck.com/books/openssl-cookbook/
Seems it's not a new thread but if anyone wants, personally I can't recommend any book because I always learn some things about bitcoin online (not a dev guy so given information here is already enough for me).
Don't want to promote but for such books darknet is really great, but you need deep search to find good book, usually they are sold in cheap prices.
Don't want to promote but for such books darknet is really great, but you need deep search to find good book, usually they are sold in cheap prices.
You said it doesn't necessarily need to be books, well in that case I find very interesting reading papers and forum posts of these credited by satoshi as inspirations. For instance Wei Dai's stuff:
http://www.weidai.com/
Loots of interesting things there, specially the bmoney .txt
Some interesting posts on Szabo's blog too:
https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2017-02-23T23:48:00-08:00&max-results=11&start=1&by-date=false
http://www.weidai.com/
Loots of interesting things there, specially the bmoney .txt
Some interesting posts on Szabo's blog too:
https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2017-02-23T23:48:00-08:00&max-results=11&start=1&by-date=false
Doesn't necessarily have to be books,
I'm trying to gather research material about cryptography relating to the blockchain
Especially the cutting edge research like DAG, zk-snarks, alternative consensus algorithms, alternative blockchain protocols
Try to read this book, Blockchain Basic by Daniel Drescher, this will give you broad idea about cryptography fundamental principles. I'm trying to gather research material about cryptography relating to the blockchain
Especially the cutting edge research like DAG, zk-snarks, alternative consensus algorithms, alternative blockchain protocols
Serious Cryptography: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption
www.amazon.com/Serious-Cryptography-Practical-Introduction-Encryption/dp/1593278268/
ISBN-10: 1593278268
ISBN-13: 978-1593278267
Introduction to Cryptography: Principles and Applications 3rd ed
www.amazon.com/Introduction-Cryptography-Principles-Applications-Information/dp/3662479737/
ISBN-10: 3662479737
ISBN-13: 978-3662479735
Introduction to Network Security
www.amazon.com/Introduction-Network-Security-Computer-Information/dp/1584885432/
ISBN-10: 1584885432
ISBN-13: 978-1584885436
www.amazon.com/Serious-Cryptography-Practical-Introduction-Encryption/dp/1593278268/
ISBN-10: 1593278268
ISBN-13: 978-1593278267
Introduction to Cryptography: Principles and Applications 3rd ed
www.amazon.com/Introduction-Cryptography-Principles-Applications-Information/dp/3662479737/
ISBN-10: 3662479737
ISBN-13: 978-3662479735
Introduction to Network Security
www.amazon.com/Introduction-Network-Security-Computer-Information/dp/1584885432/
ISBN-10: 1584885432
ISBN-13: 978-1584885436
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You want papers on zk-snarks?
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Cryptography and Network Security” Seventh Edition by William Stallings. It has good review over Amazon
Hey guys I believe this book will be interesting to you.
One of the best technical books about blockchain technology
Here is the link: https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Programming-Open-Blockchain/dp/1491954388/ref=pd_sbs_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1491954388&pd_rd_r=E8ETCAAA7JRFZT741TEG&pd_rd_w=nvUcZ&pd_rd_wg=fAZje&psc=1&refRID=E8ETCAAA7JRFZT741TEG
One of the best technical books about blockchain technology
Here is the link: https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Programming-Open-Blockchain/dp/1491954388/ref=pd_sbs_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1491954388&pd_rd_r=E8ETCAAA7JRFZT741TEG&pd_rd_w=nvUcZ&pd_rd_wg=fAZje&psc=1&refRID=E8ETCAAA7JRFZT741TEG
Maybe somebody know good video/audio courses from where to learn?
There are dozens of videos on YT but most of them are worthless IMO, the most informative I know of (entry-level) is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aHkqB2-46k
It's the first of a series of lectures by dr. Christof Paar. If you can endure the camera instability and find it useful, check out his channel - he has 20+ lecture videos there.
thanks for this recommendation. this is informative for newbies in crypto.
I was also doing that when I first got into this and still is. Fact is if you read or watch more about cryptocurrency, you'll learn so much.
I first got myself hooked on videos in different channels on Youtube. I clicked on every video that I see about Bitcoin, Ethereum, and such. I also happened to read a book, How Money Got Free: Bitcoin and the Fight for the Future of Finance by Brian Patrick Eha. Well, not all of it, but most of it. It is a really good book about the pioneers of Bitcoin; The twenty-first-century outlaws - cryptographers, hackers, Free Staters, ex-cons and drug dealers, teenage futurists and self-taught entrepreneurs. Overall, it's almost about the history of Bitcoin.
I first got myself hooked on videos in different channels on Youtube. I clicked on every video that I see about Bitcoin, Ethereum, and such. I also happened to read a book, How Money Got Free: Bitcoin and the Fight for the Future of Finance by Brian Patrick Eha. Well, not all of it, but most of it. It is a really good book about the pioneers of Bitcoin; The twenty-first-century outlaws - cryptographers, hackers, Free Staters, ex-cons and drug dealers, teenage futurists and self-taught entrepreneurs. Overall, it's almost about the history of Bitcoin.
You can try checking out some of the stuff on Coursera. I just started this one tonight so can't vouch for it in any way.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/classical-cryptosystems/home/welcome
There are a few others there too on Cryptography.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/classical-cryptosystems/home/welcome
There are a few others there too on Cryptography.
Ment to come back to this to add a link showing how to get the Corsera courses for free by using the 'audit' option.
https://www.class-central.com/report/coursera-signup-for-free/
My advice is to read The Denationalization of Money by Friedrich Hayek,this book does not directly describe blockchain technologies because it was written in the twentieth century,but I promise that if you read this book you will define very well the fundamental aspects of its structure.you may also like Irrational Exuberance by Shiller its not describe cryptocurrencies but you will have adequate representation about speculative behaviours of investors in stock market.
I highly recommend you to read professor Nigel Smart's books (read more here https://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~nsmart/)
I highly recommend you to read professor Nigel Smart's books (read more here https://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~nsmart/)
You can try checking out some of the stuff on Coursera. I just started this one tonight so can't vouch for it in any way.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/classical-cryptosystems/home/welcome
There are a few others there too on Cryptography.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/classical-cryptosystems/home/welcome
There are a few others there too on Cryptography.
Maybe somebody know good video/audio courses from where to learn?
There are dozens of videos on YT but most of them are worthless IMO, the most informative I know of (entry-level) is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aHkqB2-46k
It's the first of a series of lectures by dr. Christof Paar. If you can endure the camera instability and find it useful, check out his channel - he has 20+ lecture videos there.
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