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050 4 HG1710|b.J833 2017
100 1 Judmayer, Aljosha,|eauthor.
245 10 Blocks and chains :|bintroduction to Bitcoin,
cryptocurrencies, and their consensus mechanisms /
|cAljosha Judmayer, Nicholas Stifter, Katharina Krombholz,
and Edgar Weippl.
264 1 [San Rafael, California] :|bMorgan & Claypool,|c2017.
300 1 PDF (xiii, 109 pages) :|billustrations.
336 text|2rdacontent
337 electronic|2isbdmedia
338 online resource|2rdacarrier
490 1 Synthesis lectures on information security, privacy, and
trust,|x1945-9750 ;|v# 20.
500 Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and
computer science.
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-108).
505 0 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Aspects of cryptocurrencies -- 1.2
Cryptocurrency community -- 1.3 From cryptocurrency to
blockchain -- 1.4 The analog stone-block-chain -- 1.4.1
Security model of the stone-block-chain -- 1.5 Structure
of this book --
505 8 2. Background -- 2.1 Cryptographic primitives -- 2.1.1
Cryptographic hash functions -- 2.1.2 Asymmetric
cryptography -- 2.2 Notation, symbols, and definitions --
505 8 3. History of cryptographic currencies -- 3.1 Before
Bitcoin -- 3.1.1 The early beginnings of digital cash --
3.1.2 The cypherpunk movement -- 3.1.3 The rise of
cryptocurrencies -- 3.2 Bitcoin --
505 8 4. Bitcoin -- 4.1 Bitcoin at a glance -- 4.1.1 Components
of cryptocurrency technologies -- 4.2 Core data structures
and concepts -- 4.2.1 Block -- 4.2.2 Blockchain -- 4.2.3
Address -- 4.2.4 Transaction -- 4.3 Consensus management -
- 4.3.1 The idea of proof-of-work (PoW ) -- 4.3.2 Proof-of
-work in general -- 4.3.3 Proof-of-work in Bitcoin --
4.3.4 Mining -- 4.3.5 Blockchain forks -- 4.3.6 Double
spending -- 4.3.7 Double spending success probability --
4.4 Network and communication management -- 4.4.1 Seeding
and connecting -- 4.4.2 Network structure and overlay
networks -- 4.5 Digital asset management -- 4.6 Altcoins -
- 4.6.1 Namecoin and merged mining -- 4.6.2 Other examples
--
505 8 5. Coin management tools -- 5.1 History and categorization
of CMTs -- 5.2 Metaphors -- 5.3 Usability -- 5.3.1 Bitcoin
management strategies and tools -- 5.3.2 Anonymity --
5.3.3 Perceptions of usability -- 5.4 User experiences
with security -- 5.5 Cryptocurrency usage scenarios --
505 8 6. Nakamoto consensus -- 6.1 The problem Bitcoin strives
to solve -- 6.1.1 Trusted third parties -- 6.1.2 Placing
trust in a distributed system -- 6.1.3 Decentralizing
trust -- 6.2 Consensus and fault tolerance in distributed
systems -- 6.2.1 Consensus -- 6.2.2 System models and
their impact -- 6.2.3 Byzantine fault tolerance -- 6.2.4
Randomized consensus protocols -- 6.3 A closer look at
Nakamoto consensus -- 6.3.1 Defining Nakamoto consensus --
505 8 7. Conclusion and open challenges -- 7.1 Conclusion -- A.
Glossary -- Bibliography -- Authors' biographies.
506 Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to
subscribers or individual document purchasers. Unlimited
user license access.
510 0 Compendex.
510 0 INSPEC.
510 0 Google scholar.
510 0 Google book search.
520 3 The new field of cryptographic currencies and consensus
ledgers, commonly referred to as blockchains, is receiving
increasing interest from various different communities.
These communities are very diverse and amongst others
include: technical enthusiasts, activist groups,
researchers from various disciplines, start-ups, large
enterprises, public authorities, banks, financial
regulators, business men, investors, and also criminals.
The scientific community adapted relatively slowly to this
emerging and fast-moving field of cryptographic currencies
and consensus ledgers. This was one reason that, for quite
a while, the only resources available have been the
Bitcoin source code, blog and forum posts, mailing lists,
and other online publications. Also the original Bitcoin
paper which initiated the hype was published online
without any prior peer review. Following the original
publication spirit of the Bitcoin paper, a lot of
innovation in this field has repeatedly come from the
community itself in the form of online publications and
online conversations instead of established peer-reviewed
scientific publishing. On the one side, this spirit of
fast free software development, combined with the business
aspects of cryptographic currencies, as well as the
interests of today's time-to-market focused industry,
produced a flood of publications, whitepapers, and
prototypes. On the other side, this has led to deficits in
systematization and a gap between practice and the
theoretical understanding of this new field. This book
aims to further close this gap and presents a well-
structured overview of this broad field from a technical
viewpoint. The archetype for modern cryptographic
currencies and consensus ledgers is Bitcoin and its
underlying Nakamoto consensus. Therefore we describe the
inner workings of this protocol in great detail and
discuss its relations to other derived systems.
530 Also available in print.
538 Mode of access: World Wide Web.
538 System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
588 Title from PDF title page (viewed on June 26, 2017).
650 0 Electronic funds transfers|xMathematics.
650 0 Blockchains (Databases)
650 0 Bitcoin.
655 7 Electronic books|2local
700 1 Stifter, Nicholas,|eauthor.
700 1 Krombholz, Katharina,|eauthor.
700 1 Weippl, Edgar R.,|eauthor.
776 08 |iPrint version:|z9781627057165
830 0 Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer
science.
830 0 Synthesis lectures on information security, privacy and
trust ;|v# 20.|x1945-9750.
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