Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas Antonopoulos

The third edition includes:

• A broad introduction to Bitcoin and its underlying blockchain—ideal for nontechnical users, investors, and business executives
• An explanation of Bitcoin's technical foundation and cryptographic currency for developers, engineers, and software and systems architects
• Details of the Bitcoin decentralized network, peer-to-peer architecture, transaction lifecycle, and security principles
• New developments such as Taproot, Tapscript, Schnorr signatures, and the Lightning Network
• A deep dive into Bitcoin applications, including how to combine the building blocks offered by this platform into powerful new tools
• User stories, analogies, examples, and code snippets illustrating key technical concepts