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Title: [2015-02-03] CD: BTC Book 'The Age of Cryptocurrency' Recorded on Blockchain
Post by: LiteCoinGuy on February 03, 2015, 07:05:20 AM
Bitcoin Book 'The Age of Cryptocurrency' Permanently Recorded on Blockchain

The Age of CryptoCurrency, the recently released book by Wall Street Journal reporter Paul Vigna and senior columnist Michael J Casey, has been permanently recorded on bitcoin's public ledger, the blockchain.

http://www.coindesk.com/age-of-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-blockchain/


Title: Re: [2015-02-03] CD: BTC Book 'The Age of Cryptocurrency' Recorded on Blockchain
Post by: CIYAM on February 03, 2015, 07:07:55 AM
Only the hash of the book is actually stored in the blockchain (in case others were wondering).


Title: Re: [2015-02-03] CD: BTC Book 'The Age of Cryptocurrency' Recorded on Blockchain
Post by: Muhammed Zakir on February 03, 2015, 05:21:29 PM
Read it a few minutes ago! Anybody read the book?

Only the hash of the book is actually stored in the blockchain (in case others were wondering).

Sorry for turning this into a technical discussion: Can you give more details about this hash? If it isn't possible to post here, please PM me. Thanks!

   ~~MZ~~


Title: Re: [2015-02-03] CD: BTC Book 'The Age of Cryptocurrency' Recorded on Blockchain
Post by: CIYAM on February 03, 2015, 05:32:05 PM
Sorry for turning this into a technical discussion: Can you give more details about this hash? If it isn't possible to post here, please PM me. Thanks!

The article does quote the website used to create the hash (it has been around for quite a while).