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.

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/

"Mastering Bitcoin" is now available in print and e-book formats by many book sellers including Amazon , Barnes & Nobles and O'Reilly Media.

Mastering Bitcoin has been translated into several languages. Translations are available for free under CC-BY-SA license on https://bitcoinbook.info

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
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