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Bitcoin and Blockchain Security

Ghassan Karame, Elli Androulaki (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2016 | Unabridged edition
Artech House Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-63081-013-9 (ISBN)

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There is a lot of buzz about Bitcoin and Blockchain lately, our expert authors will help to answer some imperative questions about the security involved in this new digital asset and ledger. This comprehensive new resource presents a thorough overview and analysis of the security and privacy provisions of Bitcoin and its underlying blockchain clients. This book goes beyond the analysis of reported vulnerabilities of Bitcoin, evaluating a number of countermeasures to deter threats on the system. Readers are given concrete solutions and recommendations on the best practices to use when relying on Bitcoin as a payment method.This resource provides a clear explanation of assumptions governing the security of Bitcoin, including the scalability measures adopted in Bitcoin, privacy for clients, and the proper means of securing Bitcoin wallets. Readers learn how the security and privacy provisions of other blockchain technologies compare to Bitcoin and the security lessons learned after extensive research of Bitcoin since the inception of the currency.

Background on Digital Payments; Security of Transactions in Bitcoin; Privacy in Bitcoin; Lightweight Clients and Simple Payment Verification in Bitcoin; The limits of De-centralization of Bitcoin; Applications and Extensions of Bitcoin; Blockchain Beyond Bitcoin.

Erscheinungsdatum	27.10.2016
Verlagsort	Norwood
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Netzwerke ► Sicherheit / Firewall
	Technik
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Marketing / Vertrieb
ISBN-10	1-63081-013-4 / 1630810134
ISBN-13	978-1-63081-013-9 / 9781630810139
Zustand	Neuware