While there are many courses and tutorials online, learning from a book is still one of the best ways to greatly improve your skills. Below I have selected top Blockchain books.
1. Blockchain Basics: A Non-Technical Introduction in 25 Steps (2017)
In 25 concise steps, you will learn the basics of blockchain technology. No mathematical formulas, program code, or computer science jargon are used. No previous knowledge in computer science, mathematics, programming, or cryptography is required. Terminology is explained through pictures, analogies, and metaphors.This book bridges the gap that exists between purely technical books about the blockchain and purely business-focused books. It does so by explaining both the technical concepts that make up the blockchain and their role in business-relevant applications. Everyone who wants to…
2. Blockchain Technology Explained: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide About Blockchain Wallet, Mining, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Zcash, Monero, Ripple, Dash, IOTA And Smart Contracts (2017)
Instead of talking about investing, this book will focus on how blockchain technology works and how it might be used in the future. Topics you can expect to see in this book include: Whew, that's a lot of questions. If you're ready to tackle them, I'm ready #15,171 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2 in Green Business (Books) #33 in Environmental Economics (Books) #15 in Digital Currencies Would you like to ?If you are a seller for this product, would you like to ?…
3. Mastering Blockchain: Distributed ledger technology, decentralization, and smart contracts explained, 2nd Edition (2018)
Key Features Book DescriptionA blockchain is a distributed ledger that is replicated across multiple nodes and enables immutable, transparent and cryptographically secure record-keeping of transactions. The blockchain technology is the backbone of cryptocurrencies, and it has applications in finance, government, media and almost all other industries. Mastering Blockchain, Second Edition has been thoroughly updated and revised to provide a detailed description of this leading technology and its implementation in the real world.This book begins with the technical foundations of blockchain technology, teaching you the…
4. Blockchain Bubble or Revolution: The Present and Future of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies (2019)
Some experts say that cryptocurrencies and blockchains are just a scam; others say they’re “the most important invention since the internet.” It’s hard to tell who’s right. You’ll learn the core concepts of these technologies and understand their strengths and weaknesses from real-world case studies; dive deep into their technical, economic, political, and legal complexities; and gain insights about their future from exclusive interviews with dozens of tech industry leaders. No coding or math needed! What’s inside: #18,672 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in EPOC-Symbian Programming #1…
5. Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain (2017)
Join the technological revolution that's taking the world of finance by storm. Mastering Bitcoin is your guide through the seemingly complex world of bitcoin, providing the knowledge you need to participate in the internet of money. Whether you're building the next killer app, investing in a startup, or simply curious about the technology, this revised and expanded second edition provides essential detail to get you started.Bitcoin, the first successful decentralized digital currency, is still in its early stages and yet it's already spawned a multi-billion dollar global economy. This economy is open to anyone…
6. Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Is Changing the World (2018)
In this revelatory book, Don and Alex Tapscott bring us a brilliantly researched, highly readable, and essential book about the technology driving the future of the economy. Blockchain is the ingeniously simple, revolutionary protocol that allows transactions to be simultaneously anonymous and secure by maintaining a tamperproof public ledger of value. Though it’s best known as the technology that drives bitcoin and other digital currencies, it also has the potential to go far beyond currency, to record virtually…
7. Blockchain for Business (2019)
The Pragmatic Guide to Driving Value and Disrupting Markets with Blockchain “Blockchain’s potential to transform businesses has generated a tremendous amount of excitement across industries. However, it can be difficult for decision makers to develop a practical approach to blockchain for their specific business requirements. By identifying and clearly describing the value of blockchain for enterprises, as well as the processes required to harness blockchain to achieve business objectives, Blockchain for Business presents a startlingly concise…
8. Blockchain For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) (2019)
Blockchain technologies are disrupting some of the world’s biggest industries. Blockchain For Dummies provides a fast way to catch up with the essentials of this quickly evolving tech. Written by an author involved in founding and analyzing blockchain solutions, this book serves to help those who need to understand what a blockchain can do (and can’t do). This revised edition walks you through how a blockchainsecurely records data across independent networks. It offers a tour of some of the world’s best-known blockchains, including those that power Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. It also provides a glance at how…
9. Unblocked: How Blockchains Will Change Your Business (and What to Do About It) (2019)
Remember the dawn of the internet or the advent of mobile computing and social media? Yet another digital revolution is now underway. Like its predecessors, blockchains are about to transform the way we live, work, and play, while disrupting entrenched industries and shattering conventional business models.This practical guide takes you past the hype to show you exactly what blockchains do and how they’re poised to change our world. Author Alison McCauley explains how blockchains provide an open, distributed ledger for recording transactions in a verifiable and permanent way. You will learn how…
10. Blockchain and the Law: The Rule of Code (2019)
Bitcoin has been hailed as an Internet marvel and decried as the preferred transaction vehicle for criminals. It has left nearly everyone without a computer science degree confused: how do you “mine” money from ones and zeros?The answer lies in a technology called blockchain. A general-purpose tool for creating secure, decentralized, peer-to-peer applications, blockchain technology has been compared to the Internet in both form and impact. Blockchains are being used to create “smart contracts,” to expedite payments, to make financial instruments, to organize the…
11. Blockchain: A Practical Guide to Developing Business, Law, and Technology Solutions (2018)
Develop, validate, and deploy powerful decentralized applications using blockchain Get the most out of cutting-edge blockchain technology using the hands-on information contained in this comprehensive resource. Written by a team of technology and legal experts, Blockchain: A Practical Guide to Developing Business, Law, and Technology Solutions demonstrates each topic through a start-to-finish, illustrated case study. The book includes financial, technology, governance, and legal use cases along with advantages and challenges. Validation, implementation,…
12. Token Economy: How Blockchains and Smart Contracts Revolutionize the Economy (2019)
The book caters to an interdisciplinary audience, academics & practitioners alike, and is also an ideal primer to the technology and token use-cases, and could also serve as a textbook for students. It is blockchain/DLT agnostic and covers the technology basics from a token perspective. The book introduces a token taxonomy from an economic and governance perspective and deep-dives into selected use cases (stable tokens, asset tokens, social media tokens (Steemit), attention tokens (BAT), token curated registries (TCRs), purpose-driven tokens like CO2 tokens), and other aspects like…
Best Blockchain Books Worth Your Attention
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Blockchain And Applications: International Congress
Author(s): Javier Prieto, Ashok Kumar Das, Stefano Ferretti, António Pinto, Juan Manuel Corchado
Publisher: Springer, Year: 2020, Size: 10 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2392021
Digital Business Strategies In Blockchain Ecosystems: Transformational Design And Future Of Global Business
Author(s): Umit Hacioglu
Publisher: Springer, Year: 2020, Size: 14 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2436425
Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence And Financial Services: Implications And Applications For Finance And Accounting Professionals
Author(s): Sean Stein Smith
Publisher: Springer, Year: 2020, Size: 3 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2445904
Blockchain Technology For Industry 4.0: Secure, Decentralized, Distributed And Trusted Industry Environment
Author(s): Rodrigo da Rosa Righi, Antonio Marcos Alberti, Madhusudan Singh
Publisher: Springer, Year: 2020, Size: 5 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2458145
Advanced Applications of Blockchain Technology
Author(s): Shiho Kim, Ganesh Chandra Deka
Publisher: Springer Singapore, Year: 2020, Size: 8 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2472139
Dynamic Spectrum Management: From Cognitive Radio to Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence
Author(s): Ying-Chang Liang
Publisher: Springer Singapore, Year: 2020, Size: 5 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2472463
Architecting enterprise blockchain solutions
Author(s): Holbrook, Joseph
Publisher: Sybex, Year: 2020, Size: 13 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2479070
Blockchain Democracy: Technology, Law and the Rule of the Crowd
Author(s): William Magnuson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Year: 2020, Size: 2 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2487164
Please note that this booklist is not absolute. Some books are really best-sellers according to The Wall Street Journal, others are drafted by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant books you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.