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The Quiet Crypto Revolution: How Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Are Changing Our Lives

Name: The Quiet Crypto Revolution: How Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Are Changing Our Lives
Author: Klaas Jung
ISBN: 9781484296271

by Klaas Jung

August 2023

Beginner to intermediate

178 pages

4h 8m

English

Apress

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K. JungThe Quiet Crypto Revolutionhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9627-1_2

2. Understanding the Blockchain

Klaas Jung¹

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Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Let me start by apologizing that I will have to go into a bit of technical detail here and I realize not everyone is as passionate about technology as I am. However, blockchain technology is such an important part of this book that I feel it’s important for you to at least understand the basics of the technological aspects of it. It is the foundation that crypto is based upon. So I will keep it as light as possible, but you need to get through this to understand the full dynamics of crypto and the impact ...

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The Quiet Crypto Revolution: How Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Are Changing Our Lives

by Klaas Jung

2. Understanding the Blockchain

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