Mastering bitcoin : programming the open blockchain

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-- Preface -- Quick Glossary -- 1. Introduction -- What Is Bitcoin? -- History of Bitcoin -- Bitcoin Uses, Users, and Their Stories -- Getting Started -- 2. How Bitcoin Works -- Transactions, Blocks, Mining, and the Blockchain -- Bitcoin Transactions -- Constructing a Transaction -- Bitcoin Mining -- Mining Transactions in Blocks -- Spending the Transaction -- 3. Bitcoin Core: The Reference Implementation -- Bitcoin Development Environment -- Compiling Bitcoin Core from the Source Code -- Running a Bitcoin Core Node -- Bitcoin Core Application Programming Interface (API) -- Alternative Clients, Libraries, and Toolkits -- 4. Keys, Addresses -- Introduction -- Bitcoin Addresses -- Implementing Keys and Addresses in C++ -- Implementing Keys and Addresses in Python -- Advanced Keys and Addresses -- 5. Wallets -- Wallet Technology Overview -- Wallet Technology Details -- 6. Transactions -- Introduction -- Transactions in Detail -- Transaction Outputs and Inputs -- Transaction Scripts and Script Language -- Digital Signatures (ECDSA) -- Bitcoin Addresses, Balances, and Other Abstractions -- 7. Advanced Transactions and Scripting -- Introduction -- Multisignature -- Pay-to-Script-Hash (P2SH) -- Data Recording Output (RETURN) -- Timelocks -- Scripts with Flow Control (Conditional Clauses) -- Complex Script Example -- Segregated Witness -- 8. The Bitcoin Network -- Peer-to-Peer Network Architecture -- Node Types and Roles -- The Extended Bitcoin Network -- Bitcoin Relay Networks -- Network Discovery -- Full Nodes -- Exchanging "Inventory" -- Simplified Payment Verification (SPV) Nodes -- Bloom Filters -- How SPV Nodes Use Bloom Filters -- SPV Nodes and Privacy -- Encrypted and Authenticated Connections -- Transaction Pools -- 9. The Blockchain -- Introduction -- Structure of a Block -- Block Header -- Block Identifiers: Block Header Hash and Block Height -- The Genesis Block -- Linking Blocks in the Blockchain -- Merkle Trees -- Merkle Trees and Simplified Payment Verification (SPV) -- Bitcoin’s Test Blockchains -- Using Test Blockchains for Development -- -- 10. Mining and Consensus -- Introduction -- Decentralized Consensus -- Independent Verification of Transactions -- Mining Nodes -- Aggregating Transactions into Blocks -- Constructing the Block Header -- Mining the Block -- Successfully Mining the Block -- Validating a New Block -- Assembling and Selecting Chains of Blocks -- Mining and the Hashing Race -- Consensus Attacks -- Changing the Consensus Rules -- Soft Fork Signaling with Block Version -- Consensus Software Development -- -- 11. Bitcoin Security -- Security Principles -- User Security Best Practices -- Conclusion -- 12. Blockchain Applications -- Introduction -- Building Blocks (Primitives) -- Applications from Building Blocks -- Colored Coins -- Counterparty -- Payment Channels and State Channels -- Routed Payment Channels (Lightning Network) -- Conclusion -- -- A. The Bitcoin Whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto -- B. Transaction Script Language Operators, Constants, and Symbols -- C. Bitcoin Improvement Proposals -- D. Bitcore -- E. pycoin, ku, and tx -- F. Bitcoin Explorer (bx) Commands -- Index