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1 online resource : illustrations. |
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text file |
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Community experience distilled
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Community experience distilled.
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; Acknowledgments; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Setting up a Wallet; A brief history of money; Buying your first bitcoin in 15 minutes; Signing up for a wallet -- five minutes; Adding a funding source -- ten minutes; Buying bitcoin -- less than a minute; Looking at your Bitcoin balance; Explaining Bitcoin addresses; Sending and receiving bitcoins; Sending bitcoins; Receiving bitcoins; Private keys and wallets; Transactions and confirmations; Transactions; Confirmations; Comparing Bitcoin wallets |
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Online walletsDesktop wallets; Mobile wallets; Hardware wallets; Summary; Chapter 2: Buying and Selling Bitcoins; Understanding Bitcoin's price volatility; Exchange rates; Bitcoin's price history; Price bubbles; Theft; Seizure; Following exchange rates and news; Price tickers; Detailed price tracking; Candlestick charts; Market orders; Trading techniques; News sources; Comparing Bitcoin exchanges; Volume and liquidity; Fees and commissions; Transfer limits; Jurisdiction and regulations; Service uptime; Trading Bitcoins on an exchange; Setting up an account; Depositing funds |
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Using Coinbase ExchangeFunding and orders; Order book and history; Price charts; Physical Bitcoins; Summary; Chapter 3: Protecting Your Bitcoins; Storing your bitcoins; Bitcoin savings; Paper wallets; One time use paper wallets; Creating a paper wallet; Verifying your wallet's balance; Importing versus sweeping; Importing your Paper wallet; Paper wallet guidelines; Paper wallet services; Brainwallets; Creating a brainwallet; Increasing brainwallet Security; Deterministic wallets; Type 2 Hierarchical Deterministic wallets; Installing a HD wallet; Bitcoins in cold storage |
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Cold storage with ElectrumVerifying access to a private key; Good housekeeping with Bitcoin; Summary; Chapter 4: Understanding the Blockchain; The Genesis block; Satoshi Nakamoto; The whitepaper; The blockchain; Keys, transactions, and blocks; Creating a transaction; Digital signatures; Public key encryption; Signing a document; Elliptic Curve Cryptography; Bitcoin addresses; Cryptographic hashes; Generating a Bitcoin address; Signing a transaction; Decentralized network; Broadcasting the transaction; The blockchain; Blocks; Forks; The Bitcoin supply; Proof of work; Confirmation |
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Difficulty levelMining; Solving a difficult problem; Transaction fees; Network attacks; 51 percent attack; Race attacks; The Finney attack; Alternative coins; Summary; Chapter 5: Installing a Bitcoin Node; Understanding a Bitcoin node; Bitcoin Core; Internals of a node; Node discovery; Messaging; Maintaining a Blockchain; Transaction relaying; Bitcoin wallets; Installing the client; Requirements; Starting the client; Connecting to the network; Downloading the blockchain; Using the client; Encrypting your wallet; Backing up your wallet; Balance and history; Receiving transactions |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bitcoin.
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Bitcoin. |
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Electronic funds transfers.
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Electronic funds transfers. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
9781785286155 (electronic book) |
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1785286153 (electronic book) |
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9781785287305 |
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1785287303 |
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9781785287305 |
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