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=== From Bitcoin to Bitcoin Core
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Bitcoin is an _open
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Bitcoin ((("Bitcoin Core", "explained", id="bitcoin-core-explain")))is an _open
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source_ project and the source code is available under an open (MIT)
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license, free to download and use for any purpose. More than just being
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open source, Bitcoin is developed by
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an open community of volunteers. At first, that community consisted of
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only Satoshi Nakamoto. By 2023, Bitcoin's source code had more than 1,000
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only ((("Nakamoto, Satoshi")))Satoshi Nakamoto. By 2023, Bitcoin's source code had more than 1,000
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contributors with about a dozen developers working on the code almost
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full time and several dozen more on a part-time basis. Anyone can
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contribute to the code—including you!
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early parts of the system. Most major parts of the system since 2011
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have been documented in a set of
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https://oreil.ly/BCXAQ[Bitcoin Improvement
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Proposals (BIPs)]. Throughout this book, we refer to BIP specifications
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Proposals (BIPs)]. Throughout((("Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs)"))) this book, we refer to BIP specifications
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by their number; for example, BIP9 describes a mechanism used for
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several major upgrades to Bitcoin.
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several major upgrades to((("Bitcoin Core", "explained", startref="bitcoin-core-explain"))) Bitcoin.
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=== Bitcoin Development Environment
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