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Mastering Bitcoin

by Andreas M. Antonopoulos, David A. Harding

Blockchain

Book Details

Book Title

Programming the Open Blockchain

Author

Andreas M. Antonopoulos, David A. Harding

Publisher

O′Reilly

Publication Date

2023

ISBN

1098150090

Number of Pages

403

Language

English

Format

PDF

File Size

6.30MB

Subject

Development in Decentralized Blockchains

Cover
Copyright
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
History of Bitcoin
Getting Started
Chapter 2. How Bitcoin Works
Bitcoin Overview
Buying from an Online Store
Bitcoin Transactions
Constructing a Transaction
Bitcoin Mining
Spending the Transaction
Chapter 3. Bitcoin Core: The Reference Implementation
From Bitcoin to Bitcoin Core
Bitcoin Development Environment
Compiling Bitcoin Core from the Source Code
Running a Bitcoin Core Node
Configuring the Bitcoin Core Node
Bitcoin Core API
Alternative Clients, Libraries, and Toolkits
Chapter 4. Keys and Addresses
Public Key Cryptography
Output and Input Scripts
IP Addresses: The Original Address for Bitcoin (P2PK)
Legacy Addresses for P2PKH
Base58check Encoding
Compressed Public Keys
Legacy Pay to Script Hash (P2SH)
Bech32 Addresses
Advanced Keys and Addresses
Chapter 5. Wallet Recovery
Independent Key Generation
A Wallet Technology Stack in Detail
Chapter 6. Transactions
A Serialized Bitcoin Transaction
Version
Extended Marker and Flag
Inputs
Outputs
Witness Structure
Lock Time
Coinbase Transactions
Weight and Vbytes
Legacy Serialization
Chapter 7. Authorization and Authentication
Transaction Scripts and Script Language
Scripted Multisignatures
Pay to Script Hash
Data Recording Output (OP_RETURN)
Scripts with Flow Control (Conditional Clauses)
Complex Script Example
Merklized Alternative Script Trees (MAST)
Pay to Contract (P2C)
Scriptless Multisignatures and Threshold Signatures
Taproot
Tapscript
Chapter 8. Digital Signatures
How Digital Signatures Work
Schnorr Signatures
ECDSA Signatures
The Importance of Randomness in Signatures
Segregated Witness’s New Signing Algorithm
Chapter 9. Transaction Fees
Who Pays the Transaction Fee?
Fees and Fee Rates
Estimating Appropriate Fee Rates
Replace By Fee (RBF) Fee Bumping
Child Pays for Parent (CPFP) Fee Bumping
Package Relay
Transaction Pinning
CPFP Carve Out and Anchor Outputs
Adding Fees to Transactions
Timelock Defense Against Fee Sniping
Chapter 10. The Bitcoin Network
Node Types and Roles
The Network
Compact Block Relay
Private Block Relay Networks
Network Discovery
Full Nodes
Exchanging “Inventory”
Lightweight Clients
Bloom Filters
Compact Block Filters
Lightweight Clients and Privacy
Encrypted and Authenticated Connections
Mempools and Orphan Pools
Chapter 11. The Blockchain
Structure of a Block
Block Header
Block Identifiers: Block Header Hash and Block Height
The Genesis Block
Linking Blocks in the Blockchain
Merkle Trees
Merkle Trees and Lightweight Clients
Bitcoin’s Test Blockchains
Using Test Blockchains for Development
Chapter 12. Mining and Consensus
Bitcoin Economics and Currency Creation
Decentralized Consensus
Independent Verification of Transactions
Mining Nodes
Constructing the Block Header
Mining the Block
Median Time Past (MTP)
Successfully Mining the Block
Validating a New Block
Assembling and Selecting Chains of Blocks
Mining and the Hash Lottery
Hashrate Attacks
Changing the Consensus Rules
Chapter 13. Bitcoin Security
Security Principles
User Security Best Practices
Chapter 14. Second-Layer Applications
Building Blocks (Primitives)
Applications from Building Blocks
Colored Coins
Payment Channels and State Channels
Routed Payment Channels (Lightning Network)
Appendix A. The Bitcoin Whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto
Bitcoin - A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
License
Appendix B. Errata to the Bitcoin Whitepaper
Abstract
Transactions
Proof of Work
Reclaiming Disk Space
Simplified Payment Verification
Privacy
Calculations
Appendix C. Bitcoin Improvement Proposals
Index
About the Authors
Colophon