Crypto Basics: A Nontechnical Introduction to Creating Your Own Money for Investors and Inventors

Use this practical, step-by-step guide for developers and entrepreneurs to create and run your own cryptocurrency. Author Slava Gomzin has created two cryptocurrencies and describes in this book the technology and economics of cryptocurrencies as preparation for crypto trading, investing, and other business activities. A detailed overview of special topics includes security, privacy, and usability of crypto as a mainstream payment system.

Part I, Understanding Crypto, explains the technology and economic, security, and usability aspects of crypto. This is an introduction to the world of cryptography, blockchain tech, and other elements of crypto such as security, privacy, and a detailed review of payment processing.

Part II, Using Crypto, provides the practical knowledge you need to dive into the crypto business such as investment, trading, and even creating your own crypto project.

Part III, Creating Your Own Crypto, teaches you how to launch your own crypto project and create your own cryptocurrency.

What You Will Learn

• Know how cryptography, Bitcoin, and other cryptos work
• Understand how crypto becomes money, and how crypto exchanges work
• Use crypto as a payment method
• Buy your first crypto and know what exchange you should use
• Be aware of the most dangerous crypto attacks and what to do about security and privacy
• Maintain anonymity and privacy while dealing with crypto
• Know how Monero (the most popular privacy-centric cryptocurrency) works
• Create and run your own crypto project
  
• Create your own token, both regular (fungible) and NFT (non-fungible), from selecting the platform to economics and finances

Who This Book Is For

Crypto inventors, entrepreneurs, developers, investors, and advisors who are thinking about creating their own cryptocurrency; traders and investors, both professional and amateur, looking to enter the crypto markets; and software architects, developers, managers, consultants, executives, and crypto enthusiasts working for merchants, banks, fintech companies, and many other businesses that have started accepting crypto payments or dealing with other aspects of crypto

使用這本實用的、逐步指南，開發人員和企業家可以創建並運行自己的加密貨幣。作者Slava Gomzin創建了兩種加密貨幣，並在本書中描述了加密貨幣的技術和經濟，作為進行加密貨幣交易、投資和其他業務活動的準備。詳細介紹了特殊主題，包括加密貨幣作為主流支付系統的安全性、隱私性和可用性。

第一部分《了解加密貨幣》解釋了加密貨幣的技術、經濟、安全性和可用性方面。這是對密碼學、區塊鏈技術和其他加密貨幣元素（如安全性、隱私性）的介紹，並詳細介紹了支付處理的概述。

第二部分《使用加密貨幣》提供了您需要深入了解加密貨幣業務的實用知識，例如投資、交易，甚至創建自己的加密貨幣項目。

第三部分《創建您自己的加密貨幣》教您如何啟動自己的加密貨幣項目並創建自己的加密貨幣。

您將學到什麼：
- 了解密碼學、比特幣和其他加密貨幣的工作原理
- 理解加密貨幣如何成為貨幣，以及加密貨幣交易所的運作方式
- 使用加密貨幣作為支付方式
- 購買您的第一個加密貨幣，並知道應該使用哪個交易所
- 知道最危險的加密貨幣攻擊，以及如何處理安全性和隱私問題
- 在處理加密貨幣時保持匿名和隱私
- 了解Monero（最受歡迎的隱私中心化加密貨幣）的工作原理
- 創建並運行自己的加密貨幣項目
- 創建您自己的代幣，包括常規（可互換）和NFT（不可互換）代幣，從選擇平台到經濟和財務方面

適合閱讀對象：
- 想要創建自己的加密貨幣的加密貨幣發明家、企業家、開發人員、投資者和顧問
- 尋求進入加密貨幣市場的專業和業餘交易員和投資者
- 在商家、銀行、金融科技公司和許多其他開始接受加密貨幣支付或處理其他加密貨幣方面工作的軟件架構師、開發人員、經理、顧問、高管和加密貨幣愛好者

Slava Gomzin is a cybersecurity and crypto enthusiast, full-stack technologist, and entrepreneur. He is the author of multiple publications on information security and technology, including the books Hacking Point of Sale: Payment Application Secrets, Threats, and Solutions and Bitcoin for Nonmathematicians: Exploring the Foundations of Crypto Payments. Hacking Point of Sale became a handbook and the primary reference for many professionals in payment, retail, and cybersecurity industries. Slava has designed and co-created two cryptocurrencies. Graft (GRFT) was launched in 2018 and, at some point, was in the top 25% of the cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. Lyra (LYR) was launched in 2020 and was designed and coded from scratch using recent advances in crypto technologies. Slava is currently Director of Software Development at Toshiba, focused on payments R&D, product security, and cloud technologies.

Slava Gomzin 是一位熱衷於資訊安全和加密技術的專家，全端技術人員和企業家。他是多本關於資訊安全和技術的出版物的作者，包括《Hacking Point of Sale: Payment Application Secrets, Threats, and Solutions》和《Bitcoin for Nonmathematicians: Exploring the Foundations of Crypto Payments》。《Hacking Point of Sale》成為了許多支付、零售和資訊安全行業專業人士的手冊和主要參考資料。Slava 設計並共同創建了兩種加密貨幣。Graft (GRFT) 於2018年推出，曾一度位於市值前25%的加密貨幣之中。Lyra (LYR) 於2020年推出，使用了最新的加密技術進行了從頭開始的設計和編碼。Slava 目前擔任東芝公司的軟體開發總監，專注於支付研發、產品安全和雲端技術。