Modern Computer Architecture and Organization, 2nd Edition 
by Jim Ledin
Are you a software developer, systems designer, or computer architecture student looking for a methodical introduction to digital device architectures, but are overwhelmed by the complexity of modern systems? This step-by-step guide will teach you how modern computer systems work with the help of practical examples and exercises. You'll gain insights into the internal behavior of processors down to the...
Price: $34.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2022
Mastering the Lightning Network
by Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Olaoluwa Osuntokun, Rene Pickhardt
The Lightning Network (LN) is a rapidly growing second-layer payment protocol that works on top of Bitcoin to provide near-instantaneous transactions between two parties. With this practical guide, authors Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Olaoluwa Osuntokun, and Rene Pickhardt explain how this advancement will enable the next level of scale for Bitcoin, increasing speed and privacy while reducing fees.Ideal for dev...
Price: $52.08 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2021
Blockchain Enabled Applications, 2nd Edition 
by Vikram Dhillon, David Metcalf, Max Hooper
Learn all about blockchain and its applications in cryptocurrency, healthcare, Internet of Things, finance, decentralized organizations, and more. Featuring case studies and practical insights, this book covers a unique mix of topics and offers insight into how to overcome hurdles that arise as the market and consumers grow accustomed to blockchain-based organizations and services.The book is divided into t...
Price: $34.55 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2021
by Kalle Rosenbaum
If you think Bitcoin is just an alternative currency for geeks, it's time to think again. Grokking Bitcoin opens up this powerful distributed ledger system, exploring the technology that enables applications both for Bitcoin-based financial transactions and using the blockchain for registering physical property ownership. With this fully illustrated, easy-to-read guide, you'll finally understand h...
Price: $28.49 | Publisher: Manning | Release: 2019
by Koshik Raj
Blockchain technology is a combination of three popular concepts: cryptography, peer-to-peer networking, and game theory. This book is for anyone who wants to dive into blockchain from first principles and learn how decentralized applications and cryptocurrencies really work.This book begins with an overview of blockchain technology, including key definitions, its purposes and characteristics, so you can as...
Price: $39.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2019
by Kirankalyan Kulkarni
Blockchain is a distributed database that enables permanent, transparent, and secure storage of data. Blockchain technology uses cryptography to keep data secure. Learn Bitcoin and Blockchain is the perfect entry point to the world of decentralized databases.This book will take you on a journey through the blockchain database, followed by advanced implementations of the blockchain concept. You will learn ab...
Price: $23.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2018
by Bellaj Badr, Richard Horrocks, Xun Wu
The Blockchain is a revolution promising a new world without middlemen. Technically, it is an immutable and tamper-proof distributed ledger of all transactions across a peer-to-peer network. With this book, you will get to grips with the blockchain ecosystem to build real-world projects.This book will walk you through the process of building multiple blockchain projects with different complexity levels and ...
Price: $44.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2018
Hands-On Bitcoin Programming with Python
by Harish Kumar Garg
Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that's changing the face of online payments. Hands-On Bitcoin Programming with Python teaches you to build software applications for mining and creating Bitcoins using Python.This book starts with the basics of both Bitcoin and blockchain and gives you an overview of these inherent concepts by showing you how to build Bitcoin-driven applications with Python. Packed with clea...
Price: $24.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2018
by Joseph J. Bambara, Paul R. Allen, Kedar Iyer, Rene Madsen, Solomon Lederer, Michael Wuehler
Get the most out of cutting-edge blockchain technology using the hands-on information contained in this comprehensive resource. Written by a team of technology and legal experts, Blockchain: A Practical Guide to Developing Business, Law, and Technology Solutions demonstrates each topic through a start-to-finish, illustrated case study. The book includes financial, technology, governance, and legal use cases...
Price: $14.99 | Publisher: McGraw-Hill | Release: 2018
by Al Sweigart
Learn how to program in Python while making and breaking ciphers - algorithms used to create and send secret messages!After a crash course in Python programming basics, you'll learn to make, test, and hack programs that encrypt text with classical ciphers like the transposition cipher and Vigenère cipher. You'll begin with simple programs for the reverse and Caesar ciphers and then work your way ...
Price: $5.20 | Publisher: No Starch Press | Release: 2018