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+= Planned Chapters
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+= Chapter 4 - Wallets, Keys and Addresses
+== Introduction
+== Wallets & Keys
+=== Public Key Cryptography
+=== Elliptic Curves
+=== Key Generation
+==== Non-Deterministic (Random)
+==== Deterministic (Seeded)
+==== Seed Words (BIP0039)
+==== Deterministic Chains (Electrum Key Chains)
+==== Deterministic Trees (BIP0032)
+=== Keys Formats and Addresses
+==== Base58 and Base58Check Encoding
+==== Compressed Keys
+==== Encrypted Keys (BIP0038)
+==== Addresses
+==== Pay To Script Hash Addresses (P2SH)
+==== Multi-Signature Addresses
+==== Vanity Addresses
+
+
+= Chapter 5 - Transactions
+== Introduction
+== ScriptPubKey and ScriptSig
+== Transaction Script Language
+== Stack-Based Script Evaluation 
+== Common Transaction Scripts
+== Complex Transaction Scripts
+== P2SH Scripts
+== Multi-Signature Scripts
+== Transaction Malleability
+
+= Chapter 6 - The Blockchain & Mining
+== Introduction
+== The Blockchain 
+== Genesis Block
+== Proof-of-Work (Mining) and Consensus
+=== Consensus Mechanism
+=== Proof-of-Work Algorithm
+=== Difficulty Target and Re-Targetting
+=== Highest Difficulty Chain Selection
+=== Competition and Coinbase
+=== Mining Pools
+==== Managed Pools
+==== P2Pool
+=== Mining Economics
+=== Consensus Attacks
+==== 51% Attack
+==== Selfish Mining Attack
+== Chain Forking
+=== Normal Forks
+=== Soft Forks
+=== Hard Forks
+=== Unusual Forks
+
+
+= Chapter 7 - The Bitcoin Network
+== Introduction
+== Peer-to-Peer Network Architecture
+== Nodes and Roles
+== Network Discovery
+== Network Protocol Messages
+== Bitcoin Core Node
+== Alternative Node Implementations
+
+
+= Chapter 8 - Altcoins
+== Alternative Currency Chains (Alt-Coins)
+=== Alternative Consensus Algorithms
+==== Proof-of-Work
+===== Scrypt
+===== Dagger/Slasher
+===== "Useful" Work (Prime, Protein etc)
+==== Proof-of-Stake
+==== Proof-of-Resource and Proof-of-Publishing
+== Alternative Chains Beyond Currency
+=== Decentralized Naming (Namecoin)
+=== Decentralized Contract Platform (Ethereum)