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• Preface
• Conventions Used in This Book
• Using Code Examples
• O’Reilly Online Learning
• How to Contact Us
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Origins of Blockchain Technology
• Electronic Systems and Trust
• Distributed Versus Centralized Versus Decentralized
• Bitcoin Predecessors
• DigiCash
• E-Gold
• Hashcash
• B-Money
• Bit Gold
• The Bitcoin Experiment
• The 2008 Financial Crisis
• The Whitepaper
• Introducing the Timestamp Server
• Storing Data in a Chain of Blocks
• Bringing Bitcoin to Life
• Compelling Components
• Achieving Consensus
• An Early Vulnerability
• Adoption
• Summary
• 2. Cryptocurrency Fundamentals
• Public and Private Keys in Cryptocurrency Systems
• The UTXO Model
• Transactions
• The Merkle Root
• Signing and Validating Transactions
• The Coinbase Transaction
• Bitcoin Transaction Security
• Hashes
• Block Hashes
• Custody: Who Holds the Keys
• Wallet Types: Custodial Versus Noncustodial
• Wallet Type Variations
• Security Fundamentals
• Recovery Seed
• Mining
• Mining Is About Incentives
• Block Generation
• Consensus
• Proof-of-Work
• Proof-of-Stake
• Other Concepts for Consensus
• Stakeholders
• Brokerages
• Exchanges
• Custody
• Analytics
• Information
• Summary
• 3. Forks and Altchains
• Bitcoin Improvement Proposals
• Understanding Forks
• Contentious Hard Forks
• The Bitcoin Cash Fork
• Altcoins
• Litecoin
• More Altcoin Experiments
• “2.0” Chains
• NXT
• Counterparty
• Privacy-Focused Cryptocurrencies
• Dash
• Monero
• Zcash
• Ripple and Stellar
• Ripple
• Stellar
• Scaling Blockchains
• SegWit
• Lightning
• Other Altchain Solutions
• The Ethereum Classic Fork
• Summary
• 4. The Evolution to Ethereum
• Improving Bitcoin’s Limited Functionality
• Colored Coins and Tokens
• Mastercoin and Smart Contracts
• Understanding Omni Layer
• Ethereum: Taking Mastercoin to the Next Level
• Ether and Gas
• Use Cases: ICOs
• Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
• Key Organizations in the Ethereum Ecosystem
• Decentralized Applications (Dapps)
• Use Cases
• Challenges in Developing Dapps
• Deploying and Executing Smart Contracts in Ethereum
• The Ethereum Virtual Machine
• Gas and Pricing
• Interacting with Code
• Summary
• 5. Tokenize Everything
• Tokens on the Ethereum Platform
• Fungible and Nonfungible Tokens
• Is a Token Necessary?
• Airdrops
• Different Token Types
• Understanding Ethereum Requests for Comment
• ERC-20
• ERC-721
• ERC-777
• ERC-1155
• Multisignature Contracts
• Decentralized Exchange Contracts
• Summary
• 6. Market Infrastructure
• Evolution of the Price of Bitcoin
• The Role of Exchanges
• Order Books
• Slippage
• Depth Charts
• Jurisdiction
• Wash Trading
• Whales
• Derivatives
• Cryptocurrency Market Structure
• Arbitrage
• Counterparty Risk
• Market Data
• Analysis
• Fundamental Cryptocurrency Analysis
• Technical Cryptocurrency Analysis
• Arbitrage Trading
• Timing and Managing Float
• Float Configuration 1
• Float Configuration 2
• Float Configuration 3
• Regulatory Challenges
• Banking Risk
• Exchange Risk
• Basic Mistakes
• Exchange APIs and Trading Bots
• Open Source Trading Tech
• Rate Limiting
• REST Versus WebSocket
• Testing in a Sandbox
• Market Aggregators
• Summary
• 7. Decentralizing Finance and the Web
• Redistribution of Trust
• Identity and the Dangers of Hacking
• Wallets
• Private Keys
• Naming Services
• Decentralizing Finance
• Important Definitions
• Stablecoins
• DeFi Services
• Lending
• Savings
• Derivatives
• Decentralized Exchanges
• Decentralized Versus Centralized Exchanges
• Flash Loans
• Creating a Flash Loan Contract
• Deploying the Contract
• Executing a Flash Loan
• Flash Loans for Arbitrage
• The Fulcrum Exploit
• Privacy
• Zero-Knowledge Proof
• Zcash
• Ring Signatures
• Web 3.0
• Summary
• 8. Catch Me If You Can
• The Evolution of Crypto Laundering
• FinCEN Guidance and the Beginning of Regulation
• The FATF and the Travel Rule
• Skirting the Laws
• Avoiding Scrutiny: Regulatory Arbitrage
• Malta
• Singapore
• Hong Kong
• Bahamas
• Crypto-Based Stablecoins
• NuBits
• Digix
• Basis
• Tether
• Initial Coin Offerings
• Founder Intentions
• Token Economics
• Whitepaper
• Exchange Hacks
• Mt. Gox
• Bitfinex
• Coincheck
• NiceHash
• Other Hacks
• Bloomberg TV BTC Stolen
• EtherDelta Redirection
• CryptoLocker and Ransomware
• SIM Swapping
• Summary
• 9. Other Blockchains
• What Are Blockchains Good For?
• Databases and Ledgers
• Decentralization Versus Centralization
• Participants
• Key Properties of Distributed Verifiable Ledgers
• Ethereum-Based Privacy Implementations
• Nightfall
• Quorum
• Enterprise Implementations
• Hyperledger
• Corda
• DAML
• Blockchain as a Service
• Banking
• The Royal Mint
• Banque de France
• China
• US Federal Reserve
• JPMorgan
• Permissioned Ledger Uses
• IT
• Banking
• Central Bank Digital Currencies
• Legal
• Gaming
• Health Care
• Internet of Things
• Payments
• Libra
• The Libra Association
• Borrowing from Existing Blockchains
• Novi
• How the Libra Protocol Works
• Summary
• 10. The Future of Blockchain
• The More Things Change
• Blockchains to Watch
• How Monero Works
• Mimblewimble, Beam, and Grin
• The Scaling Problem
• Sidechains
• Sharding
• STARKs
• DAGs
• Avalanche
• Liquid
• Lightning
• Ethereum Scaling
• Privacy
• Interoperability
• Tokenize Everything
• Summary
• Index