diff --git a/ch05.asciidoc b/ch05.asciidoc deleted file mode 100644 index 9250ca3b..00000000 --- a/ch05.asciidoc +++ /dev/null @@ -1,19 +0,0 @@ -[[ch05_entrepreneurs]] -== Bitcoin for entrepreneurs - -This chapter is presented from the perspective of entrepreneurs who wish to venture in the bitcoin economy. The main focus is on understanding the particular challenges, but also opportunities, introduced by a bitcoin venture vis-a-vis a more traditional software or technology startup. A few different case studies will be referenced from the beginning of the chapter, with detail added as new concepts are introduced. The case studies will be based on existing, successful and long running bitcoin businesses in the US and abroad. - -=== Risk and uncertainty -=== Political and regulatory risk -=== The reputation of early use patterns -=== Dealing with "legacy" banking -=== Friction on the bitcoin on/off ramps -=== Bitcoin accounting and book-keeping -=== Bitcoin payroll -=== Bitcoin angel investors and investment clubs -=== Bitcoin securities listings (going bitcoin IPO) -=== Crowdfunding for bitcoin -=== Bitcoin source, licensing and intellectual property -=== Bitcoin trademarks -=== Bitcoin patent base -=== Bitcoin business community resources diff --git a/ch06.asciidoc b/ch06.asciidoc deleted file mode 100644 index 3a9212cc..00000000 --- a/ch06.asciidoc +++ /dev/null @@ -1,26 +0,0 @@ -[[ch06_bitcoindev]] -== Bitcoin Software Development - -This chapter will be examining bitcoin from the perspective of an open-source social-coding -software developer. The chapter will introduce the developer to some of the basic tools of the open-source software world and outline the workflow for contribution and review of code. Developers will see the entire process of community software development (social coding) within the bitcoin project, from a feature idea or bug fix all the way through to code release and code maintenance. This chapter equips a developer with the tools, vocabulary, insight into process and community culture and etiquette to quickly join and contribute to the bitcoin -project. As a side-effect, this chapter also serves as a primer on social coding, distributed version-control systems, project management, continuous integration and quality control as practiced by modern open-source global projects - -=== git and github -=== Contributing to bitcoin -=== Issue List -=== Forking the code -=== Branching and Merging -=== Making a code change -=== Manual testing -=== Automated Testing and Continuous Integration -=== Pull request and discussion -=== Merging and maintaining features -=== Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIP) -=== Protocol extension -=== Script extension (SPV) -=== Client extension -=== User Interface extension -=== API development -==== JSON/RPC client API -==== Stratum API -==== Middleware diff --git a/ch07.asciidoc b/ch07.asciidoc deleted file mode 100644 index 621273cf..00000000 --- a/ch07.asciidoc +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ -[[ch07_security]] -== Bitcoin Security - -This chapter looks at the fundamental issue of bitcoin security, from a technology and process perspective. Users of bitcoin will learn about the main risks surrounding a crypto-currency, from the theoretical (but often unlikely), to the practical and commonly used scams, tricks and hacks. Bitcoin is, after all, digital money which enables frictionless, instant, -irreversible and pseudonymous transactions. Why would a thief be interested in bitcoin? Because that's where the money is. Bitcoin theft encompasses in a single transaction the theft (compromise), the fencing (monetization), the money laundering (obfuscation) and the payout (distribution). All of the advantages of crypto-currencies (frictionless, irreversible etc) -turn into advantages for thieves once compromised. Most importantly, this chapter offers practical, effective and robust security solutions and best practices to defend against the most common threats. - - -=== Risks and non-risks -==== Cracking the bitcoin protocol or encryption (debunk) -==== Password loss, brute force, dictionary attacks -==== Keyloggers -==== Hosted wallet compromise - -=== Two-Factor Authentication -==== OTP, Software token -==== Hardware Token -==== Challenge-Response (SMS, email) -==== Secondary key -==== On-screen keyboard -=== Secure Storage -==== Backup and recovery -==== Cold storage -==== Offline transaction signing diff --git a/ch08.asciidoc b/ch08.asciidoc deleted file mode 100644 index bfae1efd..00000000 --- a/ch08.asciidoc +++ /dev/null @@ -1,28 +0,0 @@ -[[ch08_future]] -== The Future of Bitcoin - -This chapter is a forward-looking analysis of bitcoin technology, adoption and social impact. It examines the means for future bitcoin development, the likely barriers and accelerators of adoption and the possible impact of bitcoin use on the world economy. - -=== Bitcoin's Future -=== Bitcoin Improvement Proposals -=== BIP11 - Multi Signature Transactions -=== BIP38 - Split Key Signing -==== Software and Hardware developments - -=== Adoption Barriers or Reversals -=== Reputation and Trust -=== Regulatory Exile -=== Value Crash - -=== Adoption Accelerators -=== National Currency Collapse -=== Leap-frogging in Developing Countries -=== Serving the 2.5bn Unbanked -=== Sovereign Issuance of Alt-Coin. - -=== Speculation and Prediction (Crystal Ball Section) -=== Will Bitcoin be the World Currency? -=== Crypto-Currency success, despite Bitcoin failure -=== Legitimacy, co-option and rebirth. - -