Bitcoin and Sharing 2361A Deep Dive into Blockchain Technology

This book offers a deep, practical tour of Bitcoin architecture and the blockchain that powers it, balancing rigorous explanations with plain-language examples and diagrams. Whether you are exploring crypto for the first time or sharpening your technical understanding, you will gain a durable mental model of how the system works end to end. What you will learn: - The lifecycle of a Bitcoin transaction from signing to confirmation - UTXO accounting, scripts at a high level, and how signatures secure spending - Blocks, headers, hashes, and Merkle trees that link the ledger - Proof of Work, miner incentives, difficulty adjustment, and halving - How full nodes validate rules, propagate data, and maintain consensus - Fees, mempools, RBF, and practical fee estimation strategies - Wallets, addresses, seed phrases, and essential security best practices - Scaling paths including SegWit, batching, and Lightning Network fundamentals - Common risks such as reorgs, 51 percent attacks, and operational pitfalls Who it is for: - Developers, analysts, product managers, investors, auditors, and students who want clear, implementation-aware insights without unnecessary jargon What is inside: - Dozens of explanatory diagrams and step-by-step flows - Concise chapter summaries, review questions, and a glossary of key terms - Practical checklists for wallet hygiene, backups, and transaction safety Specifications: - Format: Paperback with companion eBook download - Pages: 320 - Language: English Note: Educational content only; not financial or investment advice.