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== Third Edition Changes
=== 1. Introduction
* Bitcoin Uses, Users, and Their Stories
Minor changes to the stories, updating to reflect current common uses and current price
=== 2. How Bitcoin Works
* Buying a [line-through]#Cup of Coffee# Laptop
Updated Alice and Bob's story. Buying a cup of coffee is no longer sensible "on-chain", due to the value of Bitcoin and on-chain fees. Instead, small retail purchases are now a use-case for the Lightning Network. In the updated story, Alice is buying a laptop from an e-commerce store run by Bob.
* Bitcoin Transactions
Updated all the transactions to use native-Segwit addresses that start with "bc1", instead of legacy bitcoin addresses that start with "1".
* Transaction Inputs and Outputs
* Transaction Chains
* Making Change
* Common Transaction Forms
* Constructing a Transaction
* Getting the Right Inputs
* Creating the Outputs
* Adding the Transaction to the Ledger
* Bitcoin Mining
* Mining Transactions in Blocks
* Spending the Transaction
=== 3. Bitcoin Core: The Reference Implementation
* Bitcoin Development Environment
* Compiling Bitcoin Core from the Source Code
* Selecting a Bitcoin Core Release
* Configuring the Bitcoin Core Build
* Building the Bitcoin Core Executables
* Running a Bitcoin Core Node
* Configuring the Bitcoin Core Node
* Bitcoin Core Application Programming Interface (API)
* Getting Information on the Bitcoin Core Client Status
* Exploring and Decoding Transactions
* Exploring Blocks
* Using Bitcoin Core’
* Alternative Clients, Libraries, and Toolkits
* C/C++
* JavaScript
* Java
* PHP
* Python
* Ruby
* Go
* Rust
* C#
* Objective-C
=== 4. Keys, Addresses
* Introduction
* Public Key Cryptography and Cryptocurrency
* Private and Public Keys
* Private Keys
* Public Keys
* Elliptic Curve Cryptography Explained
* Generating a Public Key
* Bitcoin Addresses
* Base58 and Base58Check Encoding
* Key Formats
* Implementing Keys and Addresses in C++
* Implementing Keys and Addresses in Python
* Advanced Keys and Addresses
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* Encrypted Private Keys (BIP38)
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* Pay-to-Script Hash (P2SH) and Multisig Addresses
* Vanity Addresses
* Paper Wallets
=== 5. Wallets
* Wallet Technology Overview
* Nondeterministic (Random) Wallets
* Deterministic (Seeded) Wallets
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* HD Wallets (BIP32/BIP44)
* Seeds and Mnemonic Codes (BIP39)
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* Wallet Best Practices
* Using a Bitcoin Wallet
* Wallet Technology Details
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* Mnemonic Code Words (BIP39)
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* Creating an HD Wallet from the Seed
* Using an Extended Public Key on a Web Store
=== 6. Transactions
* Introduction
* Transactions in Detail
* Transactions—Behind the Scenes
* Transaction Outputs and Inputs
* Transaction Outputs
* Transaction Inputs
* Transaction Fees
* Adding Fees to Transactions
* Transaction Scripts and Script Language
* Turing Incompleteness
* Stateless Verification
* Script Construction (Lock + Unlock)
* Pay-to-Public-Key-Hash (P2PKH)
* Digital Signatures (ECDSA)
* How Digital Signatures Work
* Verifying the Signature
* Signature Hash Types (SIGHASH)
* ECDSA Math
* The Importance of Randomness in Signatures
* *NEW: Schnorr Signatures*
*
Bitcoin Addresses, Balances, and Other Abstractions
=== 7. Advanced Transactions And Scripting
* Introduction
* Multisignature
* Pay-to-Script-Hash (P2SH)
* P2SH Addresses
* Benefits of P2SH
* Redeem Script and Validation
* Data Recording Output (RETURN)
* Timelocks
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* Transaction lock time
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* Check Lock Time Verify (CLTV)
* Relative Timelocks
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* Relative Timelocks with sequence
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* Relative Timelocks with CSV
* Median-Time-Past
* Timelock Defense Against Fee Sniping
* Scripts with Flow Control (Conditional Clauses)
* Conditional Clauses with VERIFY Opcodes
* Using Flow Control in Scripts
* Complex Script Example
* Segregated Witness
* Why Segregated Witness?
* How Segregated Witness Works
* Soft Fork (Backward Compatibility)
* Segregated Witness Output and Transaction Examples
* Upgrading to Segregated Witness
* Segregated Witness’
* Economic Incentives for Segregated Witness
* *NEW: Segwit v1: Taproot*
* *NEW: MAST *
* *NEW: Tapscript*
* *NEW: Taproot *
=== 8. The Bitcoin Network
* Peer-to-Peer Network Architecture
* Node Types and Roles
* The Extended Bitcoin Network
* Bitcoin Relay Networks
* Network Discovery
* Full Nodes
* Exchanging “Inventory”
* Simplified Payment Verification (SPV) Nodes
* Bloom Filters
* How Bloom Filters Work
* How SPV Nodes Use Bloom Filters
* SPV Nodes and Privacy
* NEW Neutrino
* NEW Compact Blocks
* Encrypted and Authenticated Connections
* Tor Transport
* Peer-to-Peer Authentication and Encryption
* Transaction Pools
=== 9. The Blockchain
* Introduction
* Structure of a Block
* Block Header
* Block Identifiers: Block Header Hash and Block Height
* The Genesis Block
* Linking Blocks in the Blockchain
* Merkle Trees
* Merkle Trees and Simplified Payment Verification (SPV)
* Bitcoin’
* Testnet—Bitcoin’
* Segnet—The Segregated Witness Testnet
* Regtest—The Local Blockchain
* *NEW: Signet - The POA Test Blockchain*
* Using Test Blockchains for Development
=== 10. Mining And Consensus
* Introduction
* Bitcoin Economics and Currency Creation
* Decentralized Consensus
* Independent Verification of Transactions
* Mining Nodes
* Aggregating Transactions into Blocks
* The Coinbase Transaction
* Coinbase Reward and Fees
* Structure of the Coinbase Transaction
* Coinbase Data
* Constructing the Block Header
* Mining the Block
* Proof-of-Work Algorithm
* Target Representation
* Retargeting to Adjust Difficulty
* Successfully Mining the Block
* Validating a New Block
* Assembling and Selecting Chains of Blocks
* Blockchain Forks
* Mining and the Hashing Race
* The Extra Nonce Solution
* Mining Pools
* Consensus Attacks
* Changing the Consensus Rules
* Hard Forks
* Hard Forks: Software, Network, Mining, and Chain
* Diverging Miners and Difficulty
* Contentious Hard Forks
* Soft Forks
* Criticisms of Soft Forks
* Soft Fork Signaling with Block Version
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* BIP34 Signaling and Activation
* BIP9 Signaling and Activation
* NEW BIP8 Activation
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* *NEW: Speedy Trial Activation*
* Consensus Software Development
=== 11. Bitcoin Security
* Security Principles
* Developing Bitcoin Systems Securely
* The Root of Trust
* User Security Best Practices
* Physical Bitcoin Storage
* Hardware Wallets
* Balancing Risk
* Diversifying Risk
* Multisig and Governance
* Survivability
* Conclusion
=== 12. Blockchain Applications
* Introduction
* Building Blocks (Primitives)
* Applications from Building Blocks
* Colored Coins
* Using Colored Coins
* Issuing Colored Coins
* Colored Coins Transactions
* Counterparty
* Payment Channels and State Channels
* State Channels—Basic Concepts and Terminology
* Simple Payment Channel Example
* Making Trustless Channels
* Asymmetric Revocable Commitments
* Hash Time Lock Contracts (HTLC)
* Routed Payment Channels (Lightning Network)
* Basic Lightning Network Example
* Lightning Network Transport and Routing
* Lightning Network Benefits
* Conclusion
=== A. The Bitcoin Whitepaper By Satoshi Nakamoto
=== B. Transaction Script Language Operators, Constants, And Symbols
=== C. Bitcoin Improvement Proposals
=== D. Bitcore
=== E. Pycoin, Ku, And Tx
=== F. Bitcoin Explorer (Bx) Commands
=== *NEW: BTCD*
