Mastering Blockchain: Distributed Ledgers, Decentralization and Smart Contracts Explained

by Imran Bashir

Get to grips with the underlying technical principles and implementations of blockchain
Build powerful applications using Ethereum to secure transactions and create smart contracts
Explore cryptography, mine cryptocurrencies, and solve scalability issues with this comprehensive guide

Genres: Computer Science, Technology, Nonfiction, Finance, Programming, Computers, Technical

540 pages, Paperback

Published March 17, 2017

Reviews

[Sana · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learned a lot from this book. This is also being translated into Chinese very soon, it's a great book! highly recommended

[Juha · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the better books on the subject matter. It actually goes to the nitty gritty and just doesn't do the same sales pitch as every other book about how the blockchain technology will revolutionise things.

[Yury · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good introduction for the beginners.
With a some degree of hands-on involved

[Georgia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best comprehensive book ive read about blockchain technology.

[Sonia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly technical!

[Kashif · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first book some should read on blockchains. Contains the fundamentals of how Bitcoin led to a revolution which may be the next GPT (General Purpose Technology) like electricity and the internet.

Covers the history, different types of blockchains, consensus protocols, potential uses and points of improvement.

Its a good book, but seems to be written hastily in some areas.

Recommended

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is the most comprehensive book available on blockchains. Also being used a textbook at many training institutes, colleges and universities around the world. I highly recommend it!

[Sean · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a big book that goes into a lot of the details about bitcoin, ethereum, and other cryptocurrency projects. At times the book is unnecessarily detailed, showing output screens from the installation of various programs, for example. At other times, the book doesn't explain concepts well, such as going on and on about contracts without sufficient explanation of what contracts are and how it differs from the simple buying and selling of bitcoin. Still, the breadth of this book is impressive as it covers quite a lot of ground.

The book is a little dated as it was written prior to the bull run of 2017.

[Wasa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't like it, the name is "mastering blockchain" and it is for beginners, it has a lot of definitions, read this book is like read wikipeadia. The name of the book should be "introduction to blockchain"

[Jascha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mastering Blockchain is a well written introduction to Blockchain for whoever is interested in the subject and has no real knowledge of what is happening under the hood. The concepts are clearly explained and often come supported by nice diagrams and screenshots. All the basics required to fully understand Blockchain are discussed by the author, including math and cryptography. I particularly enjoy the fact that key terms are described with a couple of sentences, in a glossary like style.

For those that are just interested in understanding what Blockchain is, mind that you need to fully understand mathematical and crypto concepts. This could lead to some headache.

A good read, as long as you fully understand what you get from it (no code to dev Blockchain applications; math and cyrptography).

[Bruce · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great operational reference for developers. I learned very much but i by no means feel this book provided mastery of Blockchain. It doesn't even have that capacity for the most intelligent reader. It's a great starting point if you're already an IT professional.

[MacBobby Chibuzor · Rating 5 out of 5]

If there's ever a "the only Blockchain book you'll ever need" challenge, this book wins it.

Imran takes us to Blockchain under the hood, showing us definitions, architecture, what's possible, and lots more.

[Le Minh Nguyen · Rating 4 out of 5]

overall good breadth. This books dive surprisingly deep into certain technical aspect. A bit too ethereum heavy, which is not necessarily the solution of choice. Still, it provides good coverage into other topics as well.
The book does a good job discussing the scalability issues.

[Jeevan Koneti · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book to get an overview on blockchain and different possibilities with the technology

[James Eli · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the most comprehensive book out there , just beware of other cheap imitations out there with the same name

[Gabomur · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good overall Explanation, using this book for my thesis

[Billy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing book
I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn blockchain

[Kaden Cho · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good starting point if you want to grasp the basics of blockchain. For me, I like the introduction of basic concepts and the bitcoin part of it.

[Ruoqiu]

Too technical. Not related to current job.

[Ed Dobson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simply the best out there. The blockchain bible!
One advice for the readers : beware of the cheap imitations with the same name.

[Eddy D. Sanchez · Rating 5 out of 5]

El libro más completo y técnico que leí hasta el momento sobre Blockchain, aborda a detalle la arquitectura blockchain sus variantes, las criptomonedas, hace mucho incapié en el cifrado, incluso con ejemplos, las diferencias entre los altcoins y al final habre un abanico de posibilidades de implementación de blockchain.
Si eres desarrollador o ingeniero con buenos conocimientos de matemáticas y quieres conocer todo el ecosistema blockchain, este libro si es para ti.
Si no tienes bases en matemáticas, criptgrafía, programación, sistemas distribuidos... deberías repasar un poco antes de leerlo, es muy técnico.

[Sergio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nicely written. Explains many latest topics.
I especially liked the consensus protocols chapter. I am also using it as a course text as it has presentation slides and review questions for students too.

Mastering Blockchain: A deep dive into distributed ledgers, consensus protocols, smart contracts, DApps, cryptocurrencies, Ethereum, and more, 3rd Edition

[Eddy D. Sanchez · Rating 4 out of 5]

This in update for the same book but this edition have some fixes and more graphical than other editions, this book is good to understand blockchain.

[Sami · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very technical book about blockchain (NOT just Bitcoin), and the down-to-the-code level content is excellent.

Do not expect coverage of higher-level issues as that is superficial at best.

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant book!

[Steve · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most comprehensive!
With new chapters on consensus, tokenization, serenity and enterprise chains. Very impressed!

[Richard · Rating 5 out of 5]

The blockchain bible. A must read.

[Bill Joy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Also read the 2nd edition , this is even better! Really good and comprehensive coverage of all topics.

[Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

So far so good! Read a few chapters and found it very useful. It’s permanently on my desk now as a reference!

[Niel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Using this to teach blockchain to my team at work. The book also comes with academic slides for all chapters and review questions Which is available On github. Really useful.