"A broad introduction to bitcoin--ideal for non-tech users, investors, and business executives
technical foundations of bitcoin and cryptographic currencies for developers, engineers, and software and systems architects
details of the bitcoin decentralized network, peer-to-peer architecture, transaction lifecycle, and security principles
offshoots of the bitcoin and blockchain inventions, including alternative chains, currencies, and applications
user stories, elegant analogies, examples, and code snippets illustrating key technical concepts"--Page [4] of cover