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2. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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   Nodes in the peer-to-peer bitcoin network verify transactions through cryptography and record them in a public distributed ledger, called a blockchain, without central oversight. Consensus between nodes is achieved using a computationally intensive process based on proof of work , called mining , that secures the bitcoin blockchain.

3. Bitcoin protocol - Wikipedia

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   A diagram of a bitcoin transfer. The bitcoin protocol is the set of rules that govern the functioning of bitcoin.Its key components and principles are: a peer-to-peer decentralized network with no central oversight; the blockchain technology, a public ledger that records all bitcoin transactions; mining and proof of work, the process to create new bitcoins and verify transactions; and ...

4. Blockchain - Wikipedia

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   Alternatively, to prevent a permanent split, a majority of nodes using the new software may return to the old rules, as was the case of bitcoin split on 12 March 2013. [34] A more recent hard-fork example is of Bitcoin in 2017, which resulted in a split creating Bitcoin Cash. [35]

5. Bitcoin Core - Wikipedia

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   Initially, the software was published by Satoshi Nakamoto under the name "Bitcoin", and later renamed to "Bitcoin Core" to distinguish it from the network. [2] It is also known as the Satoshi client. [3] Bitcoin Core includes a transaction verification engine and connects to the bitcoin network as a full node. [3]

6. Lightning Network - Wikipedia

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   The Lightning Network (LN) is a payment protocol built on the bitcoin blockchain. [1] It is intended to enable fast transactions among participating nodes (independently run members of the network) and has been proposed as a solution to the bitcoin scalability problem. [2] [3] [4]

7. List of cryptocurrencies - Wikipedia

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   BitConnect was described as an open source, all-in-one bitcoin and crypto community platform but was later discovered to be a Ponzi scheme. 2018 KodakCoin: Kodak and WENN Digital Ethash [84] KodakCoin is a "photographer-centric" blockchain cryptocurrency used for payments for licensing photographs. Petro: Venezuelan Government: onixCoin [85 ...

8. List of bitcoin forks - Wikipedia

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   The first hard fork splitting bitcoin happened on 1 August 2017, resulting in the creation of Bitcoin Cash. The following is a list of notable hard forks splitting bitcoin by date and/or block: Bitcoin Cash: Forked at block 478558, 1 August 2017, for each bitcoin (BTC), an owner got 1 Bitcoin Cash (BCH)

9. Bitcoin scalability problem - Wikipedia

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   The Bitcoin scalability problem refers to the limited capability of the Bitcoin network to handle large amounts of transaction data on its platform in a short span of time. [1] It is related to the fact that records (known as blocks ) in the Bitcoin blockchain are limited in size and frequency.