Understanding bitcoin: Cryptography, engineering, and economics

Understanding Bitcoin: Cryptography, Engineering and Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-268

  Franco, Pedro ^a  

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DOI: 10.1002/9781119019138     Document Type: Book

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