Jimmy Song
Programming Bitcoin by Jimmy Song (2019) is a book on our Trading & futures shelf. Learn how Bitcoin really works by building it yourself in Python, from finite fields and elliptic curves to signing transactions, Script, blocks and the network. It suits readers interested in trading & futures, and it is legally free from Jimmy Song (author's GitHub; O'Reilly). Licence: Free from the author on GitHub (CC BY-NC-ND).
Download free from Jimmy Song (author's GitHub; O'Reilly)Learn how Bitcoin really works by building it yourself in Python, from finite fields and elliptic curves to signing transactions, Script, blocks and the network. Useful for any crypto investor who wants to understand what they own, not just its price.
The licence listed for this title is: Free from the author on GitHub (CC BY-NC-ND). It is published free of charge by Jimmy Song (author's GitHub; O'Reilly), and TopFreeBooks links only to that official source; we do not host the file.
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