Praise for Mastering Blockchain
Blockchain can be a daunting and elusive subject matter, especially for those who see the vast potential in this incredible technology. Mastering Blockchain brings within ones grasp a solid foundation of understanding, allowing for immediate actionable learning. This is in large part due to the incredible and nuanced understanding both Daniel and Lorne have earned through years in this space, as well as their active engagements with many in the community.
Dr. Jeff Flowers, Professor, CSM VP, Decentralization Foundation (d24n.org)
An excellent book which is easily digestible for beginners and crypto natives. Covers a wide scope of topics, including underlying blockchain fundamentals, crypto market infrastructure, regulations, and many others. Highly recommended.
Gavin Low, Investor
Mastering Blockchain presents the history, technical fundamentals, and themes of blockchain in an easy-to-comprehend way. Technical and nontechnical entrants to the field will both find this an invaluable resource for getting up to speed on the broad range of topics in this fast-moving space.
Aaron Caswell, Expert Blockchain Engineer
Get down in the trenches with Lorne and Daniel and find out whats really inside Bitcoin, Ethereum, altcoin, and other blockchains and forks.
Karen Kilroy, CEO, Kilroy Blockchain Corporation
Mastering Blockchain goes from the basics to using blockchain in real-life implementations in enterprise-grade environments.
Jorge Lesmes, Global Head of Blockchain at everis (an NTT Data company)
Daniel and Lorne cover an exceptionally broad range of topics in the blockchain universe with clarity. Mastering Blockchain is a terrific starting place for those trying to gain a comprehensive view of the incredible impact of this technology on the world.
Jeremy Allaire, CEO Circle Internet Financial Cofounder, Centre USD Stablecoin Consortium
As someone who teaches blockchain, this book would be a great accompaniment to a course, providing a much more robust offering than almost anything I have come across.
Dr. Jimmie Lenz, Executive Director, Master of Engineering in FinTech and Master of Engineering in Cybersecurity, Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University
After years of hype, pipe-dreams, and snake-oil, we now have a balanced, sensible, and comprehensive book on the essentials of blockchain technology. Mastering Blockchain is the OReilly book that IT professionals need in order to figure out where and how to use blockchain in serious production applications.
John Wolpert, Global Product Executive, Consensys Cofounder, IBM Blockchain
Mastering Blockchain has managed to compile a vast amount of domain-specific knowledge into an easily understandable, concise reference. This book will be provided as reference material at Bitaccess for new hires to gain a quick, highly detailed, and accurate technical overview of the blockchain sector.
Moe Adham, CEO, Bitcoin ATM provider Bitaccess
Mastering Blockchain
by Lorne Lantz and Daniel Cawrey
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The goal of this book is to educate on all areas of the blockchain, using facts and data rather than bias or promotion. As authors weve researched using multiple data sources, and weve interviewed dozens of experts in the field to provide a more holistic and accurate view of what is really happening in the blockchain industry.
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