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Andreas M. Antonopoulos

Teoksen Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain tekijä

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Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a noted technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin. A public speaker, teacher, and writer, Andreas advises multiple technology startups and speaks regularly at conferences and community events näytä lisää around the world. näytä vähemmän

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This book is a collection of transcripts from most famous public talks Andreas Antonopoulos has given. When it comes to cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin Andreas is quite a visionary. So it was fascinating to see how key points of Andreas' talks evolved as Bitcoin got more and more traction. From the very basic concepts and use cases to question of scaling the technology behind Bitcoin.

In every talk, the author uses clear and understandable analogies and historical references to prove his point. The problem for a reader is that obviously, Antonopoulos reuses his best points in some of the talks, so it can become a bit repetitive.

The main takeaways from the book:
The main problem why people do not understand Bitcoin because it is very hard to describe using existing experience (physical money). People failed at first when they tried to explain cars from the perspective of railroads and horses.
We had the Internet of Information, now we're witnessing the birth of the Internet of value. People always freaked out during the shift of monetary system.
Bitcoin is not a currency, payment network or banking system. It is a platform that guarantees certain trust functions. Currency is just an app running on Bitcoin network. Since very old times money has provided trust function and that's why it became one of the first uses for Bitcoin.
Who issued the currency will no longer be relevant, who uses it will become the main factor. Most likely there will me meta-currency which will have the purpose to aggregate the value of all the cryptocurrencies.
Design metaphors are extremely powerful but they can also be extremely dangerous when misapplied (e.g. wallet concept in Bitcoin).
Credit cards are broken by design because the token itself is a secret key. While BTC transaction can be transmitted using completely insecure way (e.g. even smoke signals or carrier pigeons)
The value should not be mistaken for medium (infrastructure) or control over it.
There are smart networks with dumb devices and dumb networks with smart devices. Cryptocurrencies are the latter one. They encourage innovation at the edge. Bitcoin is going to win because it is open in a world of thinkers and innovators.


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Giedriusz | 3 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Oct 16, 2022 |
This is an audiobook of transcription (edited) of speeches. A reasonable summary of mainstream expert thinking about cryptocurrencies (nothing really novel or controversial, but well communicated). I'd quickly skim the text version of this, or watch the original presentations, instead of the audiobook.
 
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octal | 3 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 1, 2021 |
This "book" collects slightly-edited versions of Antonopoulos' talks, which are also available on YouTube. As such, there is a great deal of repetition from chapter to chapter. However, I found that the narrator of the Audiobook (Stephanie Murphy) was easier to follow, and the audiobook was well-organized, so this is actually a much more efficient way to consume these talks. The content itself is relatively shallow and non-technical, with a lot of rah-rah and broad analogies. But there's some good stuff in here, too, like Antonopoulos' phrase "money as a content type", so I still found it worth listening to. [2020-11-29]… (lisätietoja)
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szarka | 3 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Nov 29, 2020 |
It gives a good basic understanding of the algorithms behind transactions, the blockchain, and some of the better known vulnerabilities. One chapter gives a taste of alt-coins without going into too much depth of how they are engineered differently. The topic will be changing rapidly but I expect this will be updated going forward.
 
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