Bitcoin and Blockchain
The Bitcoin Whitepaper is a very short paper, only 12 short paragraphs. Published by Satoshi Nakamoto on October 31, 2008. The ideas contained in it later developed into blockchain. The whitepaper is definitely worth reading - itβs a classic among classics in this field. This note starts from the perspective of the Bitcoin whitepaper and adds some understanding of implementation details related to the Bitcoin network. 1. Principles of Bitcoin and Blockchain The goal of the Bitcoin solution is to implement peer-to-peer electronic cash, allowing online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without financial institutions as intermediaries. ...