© 2018 Mark Stuart Day

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Day, Mark Stuart, author. | Jennings, C. A., illustrator.

Title: Bits to bitcoin : how our digital stuff works / Mark Stuart Day ; illustrated by C.A. Jennings.

Description: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2018] | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017046504 | ISBN 9780262037938 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Computer science--Popular works.

Classification: LCC QA76 .D3333327 2018 | DDC 004--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017046504