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Collects questions about books published about Bitcoin.

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How to get scriptPubKey from public key hash

My goal is to create a transaction. For that I need to know the following things: The private key signing the transaction. Who can spend the bitcoins that I'm sending. Valid UTXOs that the sender can ...
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Which book would you recommend to learn Bitcoin programming? [duplicate]

There are three books I'm aware of for learning Bitcoin programming: Mastering Bitcoin (2nd edition) by Andreas Antonopoulos, Programming Bitcoin by Jimmy Song and Grokking Bitcoin by Kalle Rosenbaum. ...
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General book recommendation

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cryptography book or resource

I am trying to write a multiple currency hd wallet. I am using javascript libraries but I feel unsafe as I am new to most cryptography concepts and terms like elliptic curve, seeds, entropy etc. I ...
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What technologies one should learn to become mature in cryptocurrency

I am a web developer. I've been reading a book about BitCoin, decentralization, and the blockchain, which has blown my mind and piqued my curiosity. I am now thinking about taking the CryptoCurrency ...
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Which textbook provides the best introduction to Bitcoin? [duplicate]

Can you please nominate a proper textbook about Bitcoin that covers the cryptographic tools utilized in Bitcoin?
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Where can I find resources for programmers to understand Bitcoin?

I am a senior Python developer. Recently I came across to the need of fully understanding how bitcoin works on it's core. The Internet is full of explanations and tutorials for regular folks and ...
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Blockchain programming books C#?

EDIT 1: It seems that what I really want to learn is how to create software which makes use of a distributed hash table. ORIGINAL QUESTION: I want to learn about coding my own blockchain based ...
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Is there a reference, authoritative resource or book on Bitcoin programming?

Is there any reference or authoritative resource, or book on Bitcoin programming? Bitcoin is dubbed "programmable money" but there is no obvious resource for how to do that aside from ...
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A "Bitcoin for dummies" guide?

I would like to introduce a number of people that are not necessarily tech-savvy to Bitcoin and instruct them how to make their first payments. Is there some "Bitcoin for dummies" guide that I could ...
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Any books about Bitcoin?

Thanks for any link/author+title. I prefer max. 2 years to the past if possible. If you know about some book that will be published in the near future, you can mention it too.
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What are some good resources for understanding Bitcoin?

I've tried to read about what a Bitcoin is, how to mine, etc. I find them to be confusing in that I don't understand the underlying factors driving Bitcoin. Everything I've read seems to assume the ...
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