Kalle Rosenbaum (author, developer and bitcoin consultant) joins me in this episode to discuss his new book, Grokking Bitcoin. We talk:

• The process of writing this book
• David Harding’s foreword
• Some cryptography basics
• Different Bitcoin transaction types
• How nodes communicate
• Bitcoin upgrades, and bitcoin forks

Kalle Rosenbaum links:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/kallerosenbaum 
• (40% DISCOUNT CODE: podsliv19) Grokking Bitcoin book: https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-bitcoin 

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• Kraken: http://www.kraken.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=stephanlivera 

Stephan Livera links:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanlivera 
• Subscribe to the podcast: https://stephanlivera.com/ 
• Email contact: stephanlivera@pm.me