Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Blockchain: a Tool for Non-centralization and Disintermediation -- Introduction to Part 1 -- 1. Non-centralized Architecture -- 1.1. Certified timestamping of transactions, operations, and events...

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