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Bitcoin: Digital Decentralized Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin: Digital Decentralized Cryptocurrency

Feroz Ahmad Ahmad, Prashant Kumar, Gulshan Shrivastava, Med Salim Bouhlel
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781522541004|ISBN10: 1522541004|EISBN13: 9781522541011
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4100-4.ch021
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Ahmad, Feroz Ahmad, et al. "Bitcoin: Digital Decentralized Cryptocurrency." Handbook of Research on Network Forensics and Analysis Techniques, edited by Gulshan Shrivastava, et al., IGI Global, 2018, pp. 395-415. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4100-4.ch021

APA

Ahmad, F. A., Kumar, P., Shrivastava, G., & Bouhlel, M. S. (2018). Bitcoin: Digital Decentralized Cryptocurrency. In G. Shrivastava, P. Kumar, B. Gupta, S. Bala, & N. Dey (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Network Forensics and Analysis Techniques (pp. 395-415). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4100-4.ch021

Chicago

Ahmad, Feroz Ahmad, et al. "Bitcoin: Digital Decentralized Cryptocurrency." In Handbook of Research on Network Forensics and Analysis Techniques, edited by Gulshan Shrivastava, et al., 395-415. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4100-4.ch021

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Abstract

In this chapter, a digital decentralized cryptocurrency system where transactions are secured by cryptography and are independent of any centralized third party is discussed. The different characteristics of bitcoins and how transactions occur between two bitcoin users along with some facts and examples are also discussed. The rapid internet development facilitates cyber-attacks to all type of online transactions and also to bitcoin network transactions. Some security issues are also discussed in the chapter along with the cyber-crimes and their punishments.

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