• Introduction to cryptoassets, the blockchain revolution, and regulatory response
• Crypto and the regulators : FinCEN
• Silk Road and its impact on crypto
• FinCEN, crypto exchanges, and money transmitters : the case studies of Mt. Gox and ripple
• FinCEN's evolving response to cryptoassets
• Crypto, securities regulation and the SEC
• Is crypto a security?
• Fraud and the SEC
• The SEC and the unregistered, nonexempt transactions and exchanges
• Crypto and the regulators : the CFTC
• The CFTC and crypto as a commodity
• Other regulators in the crypto ecosystem
• Ongoing developments in the crypto ecosystem
• Regulation of crypto at the state level
• International regulation of crypto
• Taxation of crypto
• Crypto-speak : understanding the language of cryptoassets

The materials in this book are designed to look at cryptoassets and the expanding world of cryptotransactions to examine the regulatory regimes surrounding these assets and markets and how those regimes are developing. Because the technology behind and legal reaction to crypto are evolving so rapidly and are still in the early stages, it is not possible to create a traditional casebook that focuses only on settled judicial opinions to illustrate relevant legal issues and rules. These materials therefore look at various statutes, rules, and regulatory structures that predate the advent of crypto along with mission and informational statements promulgated by the agencies most closely involved with regulation of cryptoassets and cryptotransactions. The book also covers recent administrative and judicial decisions addressing crypto-related issues and involving cryptoasset and fintech firms, as well as a range of other materials such as pleadings, briefs, agency guidelines and proposed regulations, and academic commentary. The book examines a broad range of regulatory regimes, and although it focuses primarily on U.S. federal law, it also introduces applicable state law, international law, and European Union law.
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• PREFACE vii FOREWORD The Long Road to Bitcoin ix Jeremy clark
• 1 Introduction to Cryptography and Cryptocurrencies 1
• 2 How Bitcoin Achieves Decentralization 27
• 3 Mechanics of Bitcoin 51
• 4 How to Store and Use Bitcoins 76
• 5 Bitcoin Mining 104
• 6 Bitcoin and Anonymity 138
• 7 Community, Politics, and Regulation 168
• 8 Alternative Mining Puzzles 190
• 9 Bitcoin as a Platform 213
• 10 Altcoins and the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem 242
• 11 Decentralized Institutions: The Future of Bitcoin? 272 CONCLUSION 286 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 287 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 289 INDEX 291.
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Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies provides a comprehensive introduction to the revolutionary yet often misunderstood new technologies of digital currency. Whether you are a student, software developer, tech entrepreneur, or researcher in computer science, this authoritative and self-contained book tells you everything you need to know about the new global money for the Internet age. How do Bitcoin and its block chain actually work? How secure are your bitcoins? How anonymous are their users? Can cryptocurrencies be regulated? These are some of the many questions this book answers. It begins by tracing the history and development of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, and then gives the conceptual and practical foundations you need to engineer secure software that interacts with the Bitcoin network as well as to integrate ideas from Bitcoin into your own projects. Topics include decentralization, mining, the politics of Bitcoin, altcoins and the cryptocurrency ecosystem, the future of Bitcoin, and more. * An essential introduction to the new technologies of digital currency * Covers the history and mechanics of Bitcoin and the block chain, security, decentralization, anonymity, politics and regulation, altcoins, and much more * Features an accompanying website that includes instructional videos for each chapter, homework problems, programming assignments, and lecture slides * Also suitable for use with the authors' Coursera online course * Electronic solutions manual (available only to professors).
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