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    Cutting-Edge Blockchain and Bitcoin
    Cutting-Edge Blockchain and Bitcoin
    Cutting-Edge Blockchain and Bitcoin
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    Cutting-Edge Blockchain and Bitcoin

    By Kevin Kurtz

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    Bitcoin is a digital currency—money that exists only online. Some people have used it to get rich. Others have accidentally lost it forever. Learn what decides bitcoin's value and how anyone with a fast computer can mine it. You'll also explore blockchains, the technology used to make bitcoin transactions. See how the blockchains may change the internet forever.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLerner Publishing
    Release dateJan 1, 2020
    ISBN9781541594401
    Cutting-Edge Blockchain and Bitcoin
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    Kevin Kurtz

    Kevin Kurtz has loved books, science, and nature since he was a kid. His first children's book, A Day in the Salt Marsh, was published in 2007. He lives in Rochester, New York and continues to write books and do live and remote visits with schools around the country.

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