精通比特币 (第2版·影印版)

这不是一本读完就能'精通'比特币的书——恰恰相反，许多读者合上它后坦言仍觉'并不精通'。但正因如此，它的价值反而清晰：它不贩卖暴富神话，也不做概念包装，而是把比特币从技术底层讲清楚：P2P网络、共识机制、加密算法如何咬合成一个'可信任的价值传递系统'。读者记住的，是那些精巧的实现细节，是'能摧毁它的只有全球断网或量子计算机51%攻击'这样的冷静判断。它适合愿意啃程序层与逻辑、想理解'比特币从技术上面是什么'的人；技术背景薄弱者或许会觉得吃力，但从宏观到微观的脉络梳理，足以帮你建立扎实的底层认知。这是一本给建设者、研究者与好奇者的工具书，而非入门即精通的承诺。

Andreas is a passionate technologist, who is well-versed in many technical subjects. He is a serial tech-entrepreneur, having launched businesses in London, New York, and California. He has earned degrees in Computer Science and Data Communications and Distributed Systems from UCL. With experience ranging from hardware and electronics to high level business and financial systems technology consulting and years as CTO/CIO/CSO in many companies — he combines authority and deep knowledge with an ability to make complex subjects easy to understand. More than 200 of his articles on security, cloud computing and data centers have been published in print and syndicated worldwide. His expertise includes Bitcoin, crypto-currencies, Information Security, Cryptography, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Linux, Open Source and robotics software development. He also has been CISSP certified for 12 years. As a bitcoin entrepreneur, Andreas has founded three bitcoin businesses and launched several community open-source projects. He often writes articles and blog posts on bitcoin, is a permanent host on Let’s Talk Bitcoin and prolific public speaker at technology events. Andreas serves on the advisory boards of several bitcoin startups.