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Learn Bitcoin and Blockchain

By : Kirankalyan Kulkarni
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Learn Bitcoin and Blockchain

By: Kirankalyan Kulkarni

Overview of this book

Blockchain is a distributed database that enables permanent, transparent, and secure storage of data. Blockchain technology uses cryptography to keep data secure. Learn Bitcoin and Blockchain is the perfect entry point to the world of decentralized databases. This book will take you on a journey through the blockchain database, followed by advanced implementations of the blockchain concept. You will learn about Bitcoin basics and their technical operations. As you make your way through the book, you will gain insight into this leading technology and its implementation in the real world. You will also cover the technical foundation of blockchain and understand the fundamentals of cryptography and how they keep data secure. In the concluding chapters, you’ll get to grips with the mechanisms behind cryptocurrencies. By the end of this book, you will have learned about decentralized digital money, advanced blockchain concepts, and Bitcoin and blockchain security.
Table of Contents (6 chapters)

Summary

This chapter has enabled us to understand and look at the various possibilities in which we can use decentralization and blockchain for the benefits of society and individuals. Since this technology is completely new and undergoing changes, we hope to see a better world tomorrow that includes security and transparency while eliminating all the cons present. This brings us toward the end of the fundamentals of decentralization and how decentralization is going to impact our present and the future world in a better way.

In the next chapter, we will get to know some advanced concepts of blockchain and the various security features. We will also look at hardware wallets and how Bitcoin is physically stored and much more.