: Coverage of new cryptographic signatures that improve privacy and efficiency.

: Expanded details on layer-2 scaling solutions.

: Deep dives into the latest major protocol upgrade.

The of Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain by Andreas M. Antonopoulos and David A. Harding was officially released in December 2023 by O'Reilly Media .

: The entire book's source code and text are hosted on the official GitHub repository . This version is licensed under Creative Commons and is the most secure way to read it for free online.

This version has been significantly updated to include modern Bitcoin technologies that were not in the previous editions: