Investigating Cryptocurrencies : Understanding, Extracting, and Analyzing Blockchain Evidence /: Understanding, Extracting, and Analyzing Blockchain Evidence. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nick Furneaux ; foreword by William Knottenbelt.
• Authors: Furneaux, Nick
• Other Names: Knottenbelt, William writer of foreword.
• Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; About the Author; About the Technical Editor; Credits; Acknowledgments; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Cryptocurrencies: Coming to a Lab near You; Who Should Read This Book; What You Will Learn-and Not Learn; About the Book's Web Resources; Part I Understanding the Technology; Chapter 1 What Is a Cryptocurrency?; A New Concept?; Leading Currencies in the Field; Is Blockchain Technology Just for Cryptocurrencies?; Setting Yourself Up as a Bitcoin User; Summary; Chapter 2 The Hard Bit; Hashing; Public/Private Key Encryption; RSA Cryptography Elliptic Curve CryptographyBuilding a Simple Cryptocurrency in the Lab; Summary; Chapter 3 Understanding the Blockchain; The Structure of a Block; The Block Header; Deconstructing Raw Blocks from Hex; Applying This to the Downloaded Hex; Number of Transactions; Block Height; Forks; The Ethereum Block; Summary; Chapter 4 Transactions; The Concept behind a Transaction; The Mechanics of a Transaction; Understanding the Mempool; Understanding the ScriptSig and ScriptPubKey; Interpreting Raw Transactions; Extracting JSON Data; Analyzing Address History; Creating Vanity Addresses Interpreting Ethereum TransactionsSummary; Chapter 5 Mining; The Proof-of-Work Concept; The Proof-of-Stake Concept; Mining Pools; Mining Fraud; Summary; Chapter 6 Wallets; Wallet Types; Software Wallets; Hardware Wallets; Cold Wallets or Cold Storage; Why Is Recognizing Wallets Important?; Software Wallets; Hardware Wallets; Paper Wallets; The Wallet Import Format (WIF); How Wallets Store Keys; Setting Up a Covert Wallet; Summary; Chapter 7 Contracts and Tokens; Contracts; Bitcoin; Ethereum; Tokens and Initial Coin Offerings; Summary; Part II Carrying Out Investigations Chapter 8 Detecting the Use of CryptocurrenciesThe Premises Search; A New Category of Search Targets; Questioning; Searching Online; Extracting Private and Public Keys from Seized Computers; Commercial Tools; Extracting the Wallet File; Automating the Search for Bitcoin Addresses; Finding Data in a Memory Dump; Working on a Live Computer; Acquiring the Wallet File; Exporting Data from the Bitcoin Daemon; Extracting Wallet Data from Live Linux and OSX Systems; Summary; Chapter 9 Analysis of Recovered Addresses and Wallets; Finding Information on a Recovered Address Extracting Raw Data from EthereumSearching for Information on a Specific Address; Analyzing a Recovered Wallet; Setting Up Your Investigation Environment; Importing a Private Key; Dealing with an Encrypted Wallet; Inferring Other Data; Summary; Chapter 10 Following the Money; Initial Hints and Tips; Transactions on Blockchain.info; Identifying Change Addresses; Another Simple Method to Identify Clusters; Moving from Transaction to Transaction; Putting the Techniques Together; Other Explorer Sites; Following Ethereum Transactions; Monitoring Addresses; Blockonomics.co; Bitnotify.com
• Publisher Details: Indianapolis, IN : Wiley
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 332.1/78; Electronic funds transfers; Electronic commerce; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119480563; 1119480566
• Related ISBNs: 9781119480587
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 17, 2018).
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