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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Packt Upsell -- Contributor -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Blockchain and Bitcoin -- An introduction to cryptography and cryptocurrency -- Workings and security of fiat currencies -- Understanding cryptocurrency and its uses -- Hash function -- Digital signature -- An introduction to Bitcoin -- History of Bitcoin -- Alternative cryptocurrencies to Bitcoin -- Bitcoin wallets -- An introduction to the blockchain -- Workings of blockchain -- Features of blockchain -- Structure of blockchain -- Structuring the Bitcoin block header -- Representing the blockchain structure -- Challenges with blockchain -- Types of blockchain -- Permission and permissionless blockchain implementations -- Platforms for blockchain -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Decentralization -- Decentralized, centralized, and distributed systems -- How decentralized systems work -- Decentralized applications -- Decentralizing various entities -- Categories of assets -- Real-world transactions -- Complex agreements -- Decentralization of markets -- Centralized markets for decentralization -- The impact of decentralization -- Sectors affected by decentralization -- The pros and cons of decentralization -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Advanced Blockchain Concepts -- Introduction to consensus protocols -- Properties of consensus mechanism -- The Byzantine Generals' Problem -- Solution to the Byzantine Generals' Problem -- Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance -- Types of consensus algorithms -- Proof of Work -- Challenges with PoW -- Proof of Stake -- Proof of Elapsed Time -- Comparison between PoW, PoS, and PoET -- Key privacy challenges of the blockchain -- Pseudonymous behavior of Bitcoin -- Solutions to privacy challenges -- CoinJoin -- Ring signatures -- Zero-knowledge proof…”

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