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August 26, 2014, 04:33:04 PM |
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I'm doing a senior thesis project at school, and I'd like to find some scholarly books (not web articles) about Bitcoin/cryptocurrency in general. Are there any? I understand Bitcoin is relatively new (only 5-6 years old, depending on if you count the idea or the actual time it was put into practice) but there SHOULD be some books out there... right?
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August 27, 2014, 01:04:55 AM Last edit: August 27, 2014, 02:10:38 AM by remotemass |
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The best technical book about bitcoin I have read so far is: Bitcoin Internals: A Technical Guide to Bitcoin by Chris Clark It is a pity it doesn't have a section on Elliptic Curves...
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{ Imagine a sequence of bits generated from the first decimal place of the square roots of whole integers that are irrational numbers. If the decimal falls between 0 and 5, it's considered bit 0, and if it falls between 5 and 10, it's considered bit 1. This sequence from a simple integer count of contiguous irrationals and their logical decimal expansion of the first decimal place is called the 'main irrational stream.' Our goal is to design a physical and optical computing system system that can detect when this stream starts matching a specific pattern of a given size of bits. bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=166760.0 } Satoshi did use a friend class in C++ and put a comment on the code saying: "This is why people hate C++".
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August 27, 2014, 01:16:54 AM |
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The best technical book about bitcoin I have read so far is: Bitcoin Internals: A Technical Guide to Bitcoin by Chris Clark It is a petty it doesn't have a section on Elliptic Curves...
Any physical books though? That's mainly what I'm looking for.
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August 27, 2014, 01:21:04 AM |
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Any physical books though? That's mainly what I'm looking for.
Tell your professors the internet itself is the greatest library of knowledge ever accumulated, and they need to get over the physical book fetish and step into the information age like the rest of us. If they continue to insist of that obsolete form of knowledge known as a "book", tell them they're an irrelevant old dinosaur and also fat, and that you always secretly hated him/her. Then go to your college ombudsman and claim they sexually harassed you. Should work if girl. If you're not a girl, give him this book: See how much more fun this is than reading a book?
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August 27, 2014, 01:59:41 AM |
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August 27, 2014, 08:53:28 AM |
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I suggest you make use of the materials provided via this forum or you make references to websites because Bitcoin is new and developing.
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August 27, 2014, 09:21:11 AM |
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August 27, 2014, 11:13:26 AM |
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i have one but in indonesia languange. write by CEO of bitcoin.co.id
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August 27, 2014, 05:34:49 PM |
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Thank you for responses so far.. any more??
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August 30, 2014, 03:27:31 PM |
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Oh, wow! Thanks so much!
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August 30, 2014, 03:32:11 PM |
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just go on youtube and get through all the videos with Andreas Antonopoulos on btc An education and experience in themselvers
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August 30, 2014, 03:32:34 PM |
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Just curious, why do you need a full book about bitcoins? Wikipedia can be a good source, else search on youtube if you are a newbie.
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August 30, 2014, 03:33:27 PM |
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Just curious, why do you need a full book about bitcoins? Wikipedia can be a good source, else search on youtube if you are a newbie.
Because it's for a thesis paper, and books are more reliable than the internet in most cases. Plus it's a requirement.
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August 30, 2014, 03:39:31 PM |
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I am pretty sure if you did enough searching and research on the internet you would find just as much if not more information on bitcoins than what you would find in a book and it means no clutter for you. Wikipedia is always a great source and I know there are many blogs and articles out there about bitcoin to help you find your way.
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August 30, 2014, 04:11:48 PM |
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I am pretty sure if you did enough searching and research on the internet you would find just as much if not more information on bitcoins than what you would find in a book and it means no clutter for you. Wikipedia is always a great source and I know there are many blogs and articles out there about bitcoin to help you find your way.
Read this post. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=757751.msg8598207#msg8598207
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http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/16this says it all with regards to wikipedia I remember reading the creator of wikipedia found out he enjoyed playing chess after reading the page about himself on wikipedia Hope people see the humour in the above....I use wikipedia all the time, but it doesn't make the above any less accurate. Research is generally from more than one source anyway. Also, in all honesty, my University will mark me down for using wikipedia references for any coursework, and my thesis mentor won't even entertain the idea. The rules are pretty simple, use published papers and text books as part of your research. HOWEVER, In saying this, B-Money, Hashcash, and Bitcoin - none of which are academic published papers. Even though I am doing an academic thesis, I see the excellence in the work done by all three of those papers, all of which have added tremendous value to the world on a number of levels. I wish the university community were not such prudes when it comes to these things. A good paper is a good paper, regardless of the credentials of the people who wrote them. For all we know, Nakamoto has 3 degrees. Hashcash by Adam Back: http://www.hashcash.org/I forgot to mention Hashcash in my previous suggestions. Hashcash is pretty important for the proof-of-work concept. Bitcoin seems to be the amalgamation of about 3 to 4 other concepts, but together for a single purpose. To easily understand some of the concepts in Bitcoin and if you prefer videos, check out Lynda - up and running with bitcoins and also check out the Khan Acadamy videos online. https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-what-is-it?v=EA0LkCkvUeUYou are welcome to PM me if you have any questions or need more suggestions. CK
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August 30, 2014, 05:26:59 PM |
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Phew, well I guess Bitcoin really is too young and still to small in order to be mentioned in a big way in books. There certainly are scientific papers on it, or certain aspects of it - especially the aspect of achieving a distributed consensus!
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CRYPTOCURRENCY "THE ALT-ERNATIVE" A BEGINNER'S REFERENCE (BOOK) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cryptocurrency-The-Alt-ernative-A-Beginners-Reference/285429871619708Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrSilverCiderFor a few months I have been writing a book aimed at introducing beginners to cryptocurrency. Since March 2014, I have devoted much of my time towards researching a total of 41 coins (including Bitcoin). This book will also have other pages which define cryptocurrency terminlogy in a non-technical manner. Besides these, factual tables, statistics and more will be included. At the moment (03/10/2014) I have completed 37 coin sections with the following still incomplete: Feathercoin FTC Franko FRK Novacoin NVC Peercoin PPC Old Bitcointalk thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=483187.0After the introduction, there are 20 sections based on the following topics: a) What is Cryptocurrency? b) Why does Cryptocurrency exist? c) Why are there so many "alt" coins? d) Is Cryptocurrency money? e) What is mining? f) The Blockchain g) Proof of Work and Proof of Stake h) The Wallet Client i) The Block Time j) The Block Reward k) What is a Pre-mine? l) Difficulty Re-targeting m) Scrypt, SHA-256 and others n) What is a 51% attack? o) Community p) Exchanges q) Coin Developers r) Purchasing Cryptocurrency s) Advertising/Marketing t) Anonymity These won't necessarily be it the above order
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