TY - GEN AU - Franco,Pedro TI - Understanding bitcoin : : cryptography, engineering and economics T2 - Wiley finance series SN - 9781119019169 U1 - 005.8 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Chichester PB - John Wiley KW - Electronic commerce. KW - Electronic funds transfers. KW - Data encryption (Computer science) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Foundations -- 2. Technology (Introduction) -- 3. Economics -- 4. Business applications -- 5. Public key cryptography -- 6. Transactions -- 7. The blockchain -- 8. Wallets -- 9. Mining -- 10. The origins of bitcoin -- 11. Alt(ernative) coins -- 12. Contracts (the Internet of money or cryptocurrencies 2.0) -- 13. The privacy battle -- 14. Odds and ends-- Bibliography-- Index N2 - Discover Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that has the finance world buzzing Bitcoin is arguably one of the biggest developments in finance since the advent of fiat currency ER -