From 21fbd2cf8e5b578443f99699bf1c1db1fd826dc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David A. Harding" Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 15:30:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] CH14: add conclusion --- ch12.asciidoc | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ch12.asciidoc b/ch12.asciidoc index e8c31a30..aaf37e43 100644 --- a/ch12.asciidoc +++ b/ch12.asciidoc @@ -1251,4 +1251,24 @@ is critical. By decentralizing the basis of trust, the Bitcoin blockchain is a platform that will spawn many revolutionary applications in a wide variety of industries. -//FIXME:conclusino +---- + +Now that you have reached the end of this book, what will you do with +the knowledge you have gained? Millions of people, perhaps billions, +know the name "Bitcoin", but only a small percentage of them know as +much about how Bitcoin works as you now do. That knowledge is precious. +Even more precious are the people, such as yourself, who are so +interested in Bitcoin that you are willing to read several hundred pages +about it. + +If you haven't already begun doing so, please consider contributing to +Bitcoin in some way. You can run a full node to validate the Bitcoin +payments you receive, build applications that make it easier for other +people to use Bitcoin, or help educate other people about Bitcoin and +its potential. You can even take the rare step of contributing to open +source Bitcoin infrastructure software, such as Bitcoin Core, carefully +working with a small number of incredibly smart people to build tools +that no one will ever pay for but that billions may one day depend upon. + +Whatever your Bitcoin journey, we thank you for making _Mastering +Bitcoin_ a part of it.