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Record Nr.

UNINA9911146909303321

Autore

Bolfing Andreas

Titolo

Cryptographic primitives in blockchain technology : a mathematical introduction / / Andreas Bolfing

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford University Press, 2020

ISBN

0-19-189546-6

0-19-260763-4

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

005.8240151

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Soggetti

Blockchains (Databases) - Mathematics

Data encryption (Computer science) - Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This edition also issued in print: 2020.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cryptographic Primitives in Blockchain Technology: A mathematical introduction Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Preliminaries Chapter 3: Cryptographic Primitives Chapter 4: Information Security in Software Systems Chapter 5: Distributed Systems Chapter 6: Introduction to Blockchain Technology Chapter 7: Bitcoin Chapter 8: Introduction to Quantum Computing Chapter 9: Bitcoin Under Broken Crypto Primitives Chapter 10: Post-Quantum Blockchains Chapter 11: Conclusions List of Abbreviations List of Notations

Sommario/riassunto

'Cryptographic Primitives in Blockchain Technology' provides an introduction to the mathematical and cryptographic concepts behind blockchain technologies and shows how they are applied in blockchain-based systems.