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Mastering Bitcoin: Open Source Technical Documentation

• Purpose: A comprehensive technical guide explaining the mechanics and programming of the Bitcoin blockchain.
• Content Availability: This repository hosts the full text of three editions of Mastering Bitcoin, published by O'Reilly Media.
• Editions & Publication Dates:
  • 1st Edition: December 2014.
  • 2nd Edition: March 2018 (with prints in 2017 and 2018).
  • 3rd Edition: December 2023 (Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain).
• Authors: Andreas M. Antonopoulos and David A. Harding.
• Licensing: All editions are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
• Reading Instructions: The book can be read for free via the repository's BOOK.md file; however, some internal cross-references may not function correctly due to GitHub's rendering limitations.
• Global Reach: The 2nd edition has been translated into multiple languages, including German, Polish, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.
• Contribution Guidelines:
  • Contributions must be original work under CC0 or CC-BY licenses.
  • Contributors must update github_contrib.asciidoc to include their attribution.
  • Fixes should be submitted via pull requests to the develop branch.
  • Extensive changes require prior coordination with the author.
  • Translation efforts are coordinated through Transifex.