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		mjburgess on April 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Is there a Neutral Book on Blockchain Tech... For future reference, Imran Bashir's "Mastering Blockchain" seems serviceable. I'm persuaded by its comprehensiveness, as well as it listing actual downsides.

tromp on April 3, 2023 [–]

It can be misleading in places, like when it confuses the general notion of Proof-of-Work [1] with one PoW algorithm in particular (Hashcash) [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_work

[2] https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/mastering-blockchain/97...

mjburgess on April 3, 2023 | [–]

Yes, i've discovered, after reading more, it's not very good

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