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Launched in early 2018, the Lightning Network (LN) is rapidly growing in users and capacity. This second-layer payment protocol works on top of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to provide near-instantaneous transactions between two parties. With this practical guide, authors Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Olaoluwa Osuntokun, and Rene Pickhardt explain how this advancement will enable the next level of scale for Bitcoin, increasing speed and privacy while reducing fees.Ideal for developers, systems architects, investors, and entrepreneurs looking to gain a better understanding of LN, this book demonstrates why experts consider LN a critical solution to Bitcoin's scalability problem. You'll learn how LN has the potential to support far more transactions than today's financial networks, ushering in an era of global micro-transactions at sub-second resolution.In several parts, this book examines:The challenges of scaling blockchain technology and why the Lightning Network was inventedLN basics including wallets, nodes, and lightning paymentsLightning payment channels and how they workRouting payments by constructing paths of payment channels from sender to recipient, including onion routing, and atomic multi-path paymentsLightning developments such as eltoo, Schnorr signatures, HODL invoices, JIT routing, channel splicing, and channel factoriesBuilding applications on Lightning (Lapps)

Join the technological revolution that’s taking the world of finance by storm. Mastering Bitcoin is your guide through the seemingly complex world of bitcoin, providing the knowledge you need to participate in the internet of money. Whether you’re building the next killer app, investing in a startup, or simply curious about the technology, this revised and expanded second edition provides essential detail to get you started. Bitcoin, the first successful decentralized digital currency, is still in its early stages and yet it’s already spawned a multi-billion dollar global economy. This economy is open to anyone with the knowledge and passion to participate. Mastering Bitcoin provides the knowledge. You simply supply the passion. The second edition includes: A broad introduction to bitcoin—ideal for non-technical users, investors, and business executives An explanation of the technical foundations of bitcoin and cryptographic currencies for developers, engineers, and software and systems architects Details of the bitcoin decentralized network, peer-to-peer architecture, transaction lifecycle, and security principles New developments such as Segregated Witness, Payment Channels, and Lightning Network Offshoots of the bitcoin and blockchain inventions, including alternative chains, currencies, and applications User stories, analogies, examples, and code snippets illustrating key technical concepts

Join the technological revolution that's taking the financial world by storm. Mastering Bitcoin is your guide through the seemingly complex world of Bitcoin, providing the knowledge you need to participate in the internet of money. Whether you're building the next killer app, investing in a startup, or simply curious about the technology, this revised and expanded third edition provides essential detail to get you started. Bitcoin, the first successful decentralized digital currency, has already spawned a multibillion-dollar global economy open to anyone with the knowledge and passion to participate. Mastering Bitcoin provides the knowledge. You supply the passion. The third edition includes: A broad introduction to Bitcoin and its underlying blockchain--ideal for nontechnical users, investors, and business executives An explanation of Bitcoin's technical foundation and cryptographic currency for developers, engineers, and software and systems architects Details of the Bitcoin decentralized network, peer-to-peer architecture, transaction lifecycle, and security principles New developments such as Taproot, Tapscript, Schnorr signatures, and the Lightning Network A deep dive into Bitcoin applications, including how to combine the building blocks offered by this platform into powerful new tools User stories, analogies, examples, and code snippets illustrating key technical concepts

Ethereum represents the gateway to a worldwide, decentralized computing paradigm. This platform enables you to run decentralized applications (DApps) and smart contracts that have no central points of failure or control, integrate with a payment network, and operate on an open blockchain. With this practical guide, Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Gavin Wood provide everything you need to know about building smart contracts and DApps on Ethereum and other virtual-machine blockchains. Discover why IBM, Microsoft, NASDAQ, and hundreds of other organizations are experimenting with Ethereum. This essential guide shows you how to develop the skills necessary to be an innovator in this growing and exciting new industry. Run an Ethereum client, create and transmit basic transactions, and program smart contracts Learn the essentials of public key cryptography, hashes, and digital signatures Understand how "wallets" hold digital keys that control funds and smart contracts Interact with Ethereum clients programmatically using JavaScript libraries and Remote Procedure Call interfaces Learn security best practices, design patterns, and anti-patterns with real-world examples Create tokens that represent assets, shares, votes, or access control rights Build decentralized applications using multiple peer-to-peer (P2P) components

While many books explain the how of bitcoin, The Internet of Money delves into the why of bitcoin. Acclaimed information-security expert and author of Mastering Bitcoin, Andreas M. Antonopoulos examines and contextualizes the significance of bitcoin through a series of essays spanning the exhilarating maturation of this technology. Bitcoin, a technological breakthrough quietly introduced to the world in 2008, is transforming much more than finance. Bitcoin is disrupting antiquated industries to bring financial independence to billions worldwide. In this book, Andreas explains why bitcoin is a financial and technological evolution with potential far exceeding the label "digital currency." Andreas goes beyond exploring the technical functioning of the bitcoin network by illuminating bitcoin's philosophical, social, and historical implications. As the internet has essentially transformed how people around the world interact and has permanently impacted our lives in ways we never could have imagined, bitcoin--the internet of money--is fundamentally changing our approach to solving social, political, and economic problems through decentralized technology.

Want to join the technological revolution that’s taking the world of finance by storm? Mastering Bitcoin is your guide through the seemingly complex world of bitcoin, providing the requisite knowledge to help you participate in the internet of money. Whether you’re building the next killer app, investing in a startup, or simply curious about the technology, this practical book is essential reading. Bitcoin, the first successful decentralized digital currency, is still in its infancy and it’s already spawned a multi-billion dollar global economy. This economy is open to anyone with the knowledge and passion to participate. Mastering Bitcoin provides you with the knowledge you need (passion not included). This book includes: A broad introduction to bitcoin—ideal for non-technical users, investors, and business executives An explanation of the technical foundations of bitcoin and cryptographic currencies for developers, engineers, and software and systems architects Details of the bitcoin decentralized network, peer-to-peer architecture, transaction lifecycle, and security principles Offshoots of the bitcoin and blockchain inventions, including alternative chains, currencies, and applications User stories, analogies, examples, and code snippets illustrating key technical concepts

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Andreas M. Antonopoulos ist einer der weltweit führenden Bitcoin- und Open-Blockchain-Experten. Die Grundlagen von Blockchain und Bitcoin inklusive des dezentralen Bitcoin-Netzwerks, der Peer-to-Peer-Architektur, des Transaktionslebenszyklus und der Sicherheitsverfahren umfassend erklärt. Deckt neue Entwicklungen wie Taproot, Tapscript, Schnorr-Signaturen und das Lightning Netzwerk ab und bietet wertvolles Know-how für die Developer-Praxis. Der Bestseller in dritter Auflage ist Ihr Wegweiser durch die zunächst komplex wirkende Welt von Bitcoin. Es vermittelt Ihnen das Wissen, das Sie benötigen, um aktiv am Internet des Geldes teilzuhaben. Ganz gleich, ob Sie die nächste Killer-App entwickeln, in ein Start-up investieren oder einfach nur neugierig auf die Technologie sind. Die dritte Auflage beinhaltet: Eine Einführung in Bitcoin und die zugrunde liegende Blockchain für technisch weniger versierte Nutzer, Investoren und Führungskräfte Eine Erklärung der technischen Grundlagen von Bitcoin und der Kryptowährung für Entwickler, Engineers, Software- und Systemarchitekten Details des dezentralen Bitcoin-Netzwerks, der Peer-to-Peer-Architektur, des Transaktionslebenszyklus und der Sicherheitsverfahren Neue Entwicklungen, einen Einblick in Bitcoin-Anwendungen sowie Anleitungen, wie die Bausteine dieser Plattform zu leistungsstarken Tools kombiniert werden können

Lernen Sie von führenden Experten wie Andreas M. Antonopoulos und Dr. Gavin Wood, die Ihnen die Grundlagen der Bitcoin- und Blockchain-Technologie sowie die Entwicklung von Smart Contracts und DApps auf Ethereum näherbringen. Die Plattform Ethereum ermöglicht dezentrale Anwendungen und Smart Contracts ohne zentrale Kontrollpunkte und ist entscheidend für ein neues, globales Computing-Paradigma. In diesem umfassenden Praxisbuch erfahren Sie, warum Unternehmen wie IBM, Microsoft und NASDAQ mit Ethereum experimentieren und wie Sie die erforderlichen Fähigkeiten erwerben, um innovative Projekte in dieser dynamischen Branche umzusetzen. Sie lernen, einen Ethereum-Client auszuführen, Basistransaktionen zu erzeugen und Smart Contracts zu programmieren. Zudem werden die Grundlagen der Public-Key-Kryptografie, Hashes und digitalen Signaturen erklärt. Sie erfahren, wie Wallets digitale Schlüssel verwalten, die Gelder und Smart Contracts steuern, und lernen, programmgesteuert mit Ethereum-Clients über JavaScript-Bibliotheken und Remote-Procedure-Call-Schnittstellen zu interagieren. Das Buch bietet Best Practices zur Sicherheit, erläutert Design-Patterns und Anti-Patterns anhand realer Beispiele und zeigt, wie Sie Tokens erstellen, die Vermögenswerte oder Zugriffsrechte abbilden, sowie dezentrale Anwendungen mit verschiedenen Peer-to-Peer-Komponenten entwickeln.