Mastering Bitcoin is a book for developers, but the first two chapters cover bitcoin at a level that is approachable to non-programmers. Anyone with a basic understanding of technology can read the first two chapters and get a great understanding of bitcoin.
This repository represents the draft of the second edition of "Mastering Bitcoin", currently in progress, scheduled for publication in Q4'2016.
# Issues, Errors, Comments, Contributions
If you know how to make a pull request to contribute a fix, please write the correction and use a pull request to submit it for consideration. Otherwise, please submit an issue, explaining the error or comment. If you would like to contribute extensive changes or new material, please coordinate with the author first. Contact forms can be found on his website https://antonopoulos.com/
# Published
"Mastering Bitcoin" is now available in print and e-book formats by many book sellers including [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Crypto-Currencies/dp/1449374042)
) and [O'Reilly Media](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032281.do). For a limited time, the book is also sold for bitcoin at the [author's site](http://bitcoinbook.info)
) and [O'Reilly Media](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032281.do).
# Source
The book's source code, found in this repository, kept synchronized with the print and ebook editions. Please do not submit changes here, instead use the [errata](http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/errata.csp?isbn=0636920032281) page on the publisher's site.
Mastering Bitcoin has been translated into several languages. Translations are available for free under CC-BY-SA license on https://bitcoinbook.info
# Source
The book's source code, found in this repository, is kept synchronized with the print and ebook editions. The tags Edition1Print1, Edition1Print2 correspond to the two existing prints of the book as published by O'Reilly Media. The develop branch, containing the most recent changes you see here is the in-progress second edition of the book
<arel="license"href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"><imgalt="Creative Commons License"style="border-width:0"src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png"/></a><br/><spanxmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text"property="dct:title"rel="dct:type">Mastering Bitcoin</span> by <axmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"href="http://antonopoulos.com/"property="cc:attributionName"rel="cc:attributionURL">Andreas M. Antonopoulos LLC</a> is licensed under a <arel="license"href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>.
This "Free Culture" compliant license was approved by my publisher O'Reilly Media (http://oreilly.com), who understand the value of open source. O'Reilly Media is not just the world's best publisher of technical books but also a strong supporter of an open culture and the sharing of knowledge.
Thank you O'Reilly!
Thank you O'Reilly Media!
# Translations
If you are interested in translating this book, please contact the author at info@bitcoinbook.info, for coordination. In some countries, I can help you coordinate with the local offices of O'Reilly Media for local print editions.
If you are interested in translating this book, please join a team of volunteers at https://www.transifex.com/bitcoinbook/mastering-bitcoin/
Free copies of "Mastering Bitcoin Open Edition", translated in many languages, can be downloaded from https://bitcoinbook.info
Andreas M. Antonopoulos
8 years ago