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Blockchain Technology Explained: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide About Blockchain Wallet, Mining, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Zcash, Monero, Ripple, Dash, IOTA and Smart Contracts Kindle Edition

by Alan T. Norman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 1,155 ratings
Instead of talking about investing, this book will focus on how blockchain technology works and how it might be used in the future. Topics you can expect to see in this book include:
● What problem does blockchain solve?
● How can technology make our institutions faster and less expensive?
● Could technology replace our institutions (like governments, banks, etc) altogether?
● How does blockchain build trust between strangers?
● How does blockchain increase security for transactions and contracts?
● Can blockchain be used outside of finance?
● What is a block?
● What is the chain and why do we need it?
● What’s a technical explanation of what happens in the blockchain?
● What is mining and why do we need it?
● Are there alternatives to mining to create a blockchain?
● What’s the story of Bitcoin?
● Does Bitcoin have any problems?
● What is Ethereum, and what is a smart contract?
● Are there other blockchain technologies I should know about?
● How are companies adopting blockchain?
● What regulatory hurdles might slow blockchain adoption?
Whew, that’s a lot of questions. If you’re ready to tackle them, I’m ready
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0785WDHS3
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 12, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.6 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B091CR7ZVZ
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    4.2 out of 5 stars 1,155 ratings

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Alan T. Norman

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Alan T. Norman is a proud, savvy, and ethical hacker from San Francisco City. After receiving a Bachelors of Science at Stanford University. Alan now works for a mid-size Informational Technology Firm in the heart of SFC. He aspires to work for the United States government as a security hacker, but also loves teaching others about the future of technology. Alan firmly believes that the future will heavily rely on computer "geeks" for both security and the successes of companies and future jobs alike. In his spare time, he loves to analyze and scrutinize everything about the game of basketball.

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Customers find the book provides a good guide to blockchain principles and offers technical depth, making it an easy read for a complex topic. Moreover, the book serves as an excellent primer and offers good value for money, with one customer noting its potential impact on everyday lives.

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96 customers mention "Knowledge of blockchain"96 positive0 negative

Customers find the book provides a good guide to understanding blockchain principles, with technical depth and an interesting review of the technology.

"I finished this book the same evening it arrived. The high-level overview was just what I was looking for...." Read more

"I thought this book was a good introduction to blockchain technology for someone who knows nothing about it, which is exactly what I was looking for...." Read more

"...Very easy to read and highly comprehensive. I loved the sections on the cryptography and algorithms behind the blockchain...." Read more

"...For a quick, informative read, this book does the trick. My one criticism is how poorly written it is...." Read more

86 customers mention "Ease of understanding"66 positive20 negative

Customers find the book well-explained and easy to read, particularly noting that it provides a good non-technical overview of complex topics.

"...read that provides information at a high enough level that it is easy to understand, but technical enough to give you a foundation for more advanced..." Read more

"...Very easy to read and highly comprehensive. I loved the sections on the cryptography and algorithms behind the blockchain...." Read more

"...It does not purport to explain everything, so the description is not misleading. For a quick, informative read, this book does the trick...." Read more

"Overall the author does a good job structuring the book and providing simplified explanations for the beginner...." Read more

70 customers mention "Readability"67 positive3 negative

Customers find the book easy to read, describing it as a nice quick read that is particularly good for beginners.

"...Not bad for a couple of hours of reading!" Read more

"...It is a quick read that provides information at a high enough level that it is easy to understand, but technical enough to give you a foundation for..." Read more

"A great little read for anyone wanting to better understand the relatively new technology...." Read more

"As an overview book, this book is adequate. It does not purport to explain everything, so the description is not misleading...." Read more

7 customers mention "Value for money"6 positive1 negative

Customers find the book offers good value for money.

"...This book provides a lot of bang for the buck (the Kindle version from Amazon cost me only 99 cents)...." Read more

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"...Highly recommend for the price. Excellent value and educational. The title of this book is appropriate...." Read more

6 customers mention "Pacing"6 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's pacing, with one customer highlighting its potential impact on everyday lives and another noting its strong thinking approach.

"...I can speak with confidence about mining, hashing and proof of work/stake; I know some basic history of the technology; and I see the potential and..." Read more

"...of development and acceptance, there is great promise an potential in all industries outside of the financial world; particularly healthcare." Read more

"...introduction to blockchain technologies and its projected future in the everyday lives of people when more adoption takes place." Read more

"...got me over my concerns of learning a technical subject and has me feeling confident." Read more

6 customers mention "Use"6 positive0 negative

Customers find the book serves as an excellent primer, with one customer noting its potential for future use.

"...me get a better understanding of BlockChain, Crypto, and the potential for future use...." Read more

"...and is a great primer." Read more

"...It covers all the basics so you can get the concepts right away. Useful as a pri mer to get up to speed on this important topic." Read more

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You get what you pay for
In the Amazon description of the book, you will see about 15 high level blockchain related questions. This book feels like the author Googled each of these questions and just copied and pasted content from the first link. This book is riddled with typos and lacks basic formatting and typesetting which makes the whole book feel like someone threw it together in an afternoon on Microsoft Word. Given this author has published about a dozen books in the last 2 years while working a fulltime tech job, that's very likely what happened here. Instead of buying this book, I would recommend just googling all of the questions listed in the Amazon description as you will get the same information without all the typos. If you actually want a book which ties together all the different concepts of blockchain and cryptocurrencies together, I'd recommend checking out a book called Blockchain Bubble or Revolution instead of this one. What I liked about Bubble or Revolution is that given it just came it a few months ago, it is hyper current and relevant and covers things like Facebook's Libra project, what Walmart is doing with blockchain, etc. Given Blockchain Technology Explained came out in 2017, it definitely feels stale and incomplete at this point. I also felt like Bubble or Revolution did a great job explaining both the how and the why questions of blockchain while Blockchain Technology purely focused on the how. To sum up, if you want the most cost effective option for learning about blockchain, just google the questions listed in this book's Amazon description. If you want to learn by reading a book, pay a couple bucks more and buy Blockchain Bubble or Revolution to get a more thorough and up to date synopsis of how blockchain technology works and where it's going.
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  • ShardsOfBlue
    5.0 out of 5 stars Happy I bought it!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2018
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    I finished this book the same evening it arrived. The high-level overview was just what I was looking for. While a web search of the topic would have eventually yielded the same information, this book was better organized and more comprehensive. The print edition had some weird formatting errors and typos, but nothing so bad as to detract from its usefulness. I’m ready to dive into a more meaty book now, but I’m glad I got something that could teach me the basics quickly. I can speak with confidence about mining, hashing and proof of work/stake; I know some basic history of the technology; and I see the potential and challenges of blockchain as it applies to currencies and other applications. Not bad for a couple of hours of reading!
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars I thought this book was a good introduction to blockchain technology for someone who knows nothing ...
    Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2018
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    I thought this book was a good introduction to blockchain technology for someone who knows nothing about it, which is exactly what I was looking for. It is a quick read that provides information at a high enough level that it is easy to understand, but technical enough to give you a foundation for more advanced reading. I would have given it 5 stars if it weren't for the surprising number of typos sprinkled throughout the book. It did make me question the author's credibility a bit. If he wants to be respected as a reputable source on this topic, it might be time to invest in a good editor.
    5 people found this helpful
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  • Steven Wendell
    5.0 out of 5 stars Quick, concise, highly informative
    Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2019
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    A great little read for anyone wanting to better understand the relatively new technology. I've done some of my own research online, but wanted to jumping into something more technical and detailed and I'm so glad I found this book. Very easy to read and highly comprehensive. I loved the sections on the cryptography and algorithms behind the blockchain. If your looking for a cryptocurrency investment book this isn't it, but the author says he has written one of those as well and considering the way he writes I'm assuming it would be a good read too. He get information across in a very smooth way.
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  • Amazon Customer
    3.0 out of 5 stars Adequate overview
    Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2018
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    As an overview book, this book is adequate. It does not purport to explain everything, so the description is not misleading. For a quick, informative read, this book does the trick.
    My one criticism is how poorly written it is. The grammar and spelling is poor, and the paragraph structure is awful.
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  • J.Roe
    4.0 out of 5 stars Simplified for beginners
    Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2020
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    Overall the author does a good job structuring the book and providing simplified explanations for the beginner. Like many books I read that are either self-published or published by smaller publishers, the formatting and typos (grammar, spelling errors, duplicated words, odd spacings, etc.) are prevalent throughout. For these latter discrepancies the book lacks professionalism that authoritative texts need to employ for the reader. It is quick read and provides a decent foundation around blockchain, exchanges, crypto currencies, and related areas around blockchain technology.
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  • Jesse Torres
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2018
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    A fantastic summary of blockchain. I read a lot of independently published books and found this one to be one of the best in terms of readability and flow. Alan gives you some technical depth but he doesn’t lose you in jargon or technical details.

    I read the book twice. And each time I picked up on new details. At just over 100 pages I was able to knock it put in a weekend.

    I was able to successfully use this book as a springboard to a more in depth study of blockchain. It gave me the foundation to comfortably dig in to the more technical aspect of this new technology.

    Thanks Alan. I enjoyed your work.
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  • CJ
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Beginner's Guide to Blockchain
    Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2019
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    This is a perfect introduction to Blockchain, short but not missing the key information. It isn't overly technical but can cue you in on the larger portions of the technology. After I read this I was able to understand some of the more technical books/procedures quite easily. I have purchased subsequent books, but this is the shortest book with the most information per page on the topic. A must read for Blockchain enthusiasts or as an introduction to the technology.
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  • Michael Elphick
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Overview
    Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2018
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    Norman's book provides a concise view of the history, current status and future potential of blockchain technology. Until recently I ignored this technology because I thought it was useful only for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. And I thought Bitcoin was the domain of financial speculators, tax dodgers, drug dealers and money laundrers. But these decentralized and encrypted ledgers may eventually revolutionize a wide range of applications and become as important as the Internet is today. In addition to banking, possible blockchain applications include product distribution, voting and "the Internet of things". This book provides a lot of bang for the buck (the Kindle version from Amazon cost me only 99 cents). I would have given it five stars if it had included a more understandable theoretical description of the technology. But Norman chose to describe only the mining procedure for Bitcoin (which was deliberately made tedious to limit the number of bitcoins in circulation).
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  • tomaz filho
    5.0 out of 5 stars Yes é um livro excelente!
    Reviewed in Brazil on June 19, 2021
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    É excelente leitura: atual, instrutiva e propriamente interessante.
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  • Matteo O.
    3.0 out of 5 stars Fornisce una panoramica sulla blockchain, ma migliorabile
    Reviewed in Italy on April 9, 2021
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    Il libro fornisce una panoramica sulla blockchain. Putroppo viene tralasciata la spiegazione di alcuni concetti base. Inoltre l'ho trovato organizzato male per il fatto che alcune cose vengono spiegate parecchi paragrafi dopo che vengono presentate.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars All boxes ticked
    Reviewed in India on November 2, 2020
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    Simply simplified beginners knowledge on block chain technology
    He touched on all the basics what,why, how..
    The limitations and the incredible future
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  • Ya Deje
    5.0 out of 5 stars Agil descripción, buen libro
    Reviewed in Mexico on March 5, 2018
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    Recomendable para iniciar, buena presentación de los aspectos más relevantes, y buen contacto con la criptografia. Recomiendo para él tema tokens algún libro adicional.. Felicidades al autor.
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  • L Dee
    5.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 31, 2018
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    I really enjoyed this book. Have been investing in cryptocurrency for a few months now but recently became more interested in the underlying technology.
    This book was very informative and whilst not a book about investing it means that as I have a better understanding about block chain I can make more informed decisions if I decide to continue to invest.
    I also feel excited about the future of blockchain and how it will revolutionise the way we live and I think this will be sooner than we think.
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