From 3fc8293796886b6a8aa68fa71a3179d17c836c01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nadams Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 07:54:00 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Edited ch02.asciidoc with Atlas code editor --- ch02.asciidoc | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ch02.asciidoc b/ch02.asciidoc index edb98ee7..5bdc504f 100644 --- a/ch02.asciidoc +++ b/ch02.asciidoc @@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ In the overview diagram shown in <>, we see that the bitcoin system consists of users with wallets containing keys, transactions that are propagated across the network, and miners who produce (through competitive computation) the consensus blockchain, which is the authoritative ledger of all transactions. + +((("blockchain explorer sites")))Each example in this chapter is based on an actual transaction made on the bitcoin network, simulating the interactions between the users (Joe, Alice, Bob, and Gopesh) by sending funds from one wallet to another. While tracking a transaction through the bitcoin network to the blockchain, we will use a _blockchain explorer_ site to visualize each step. A blockchain explorer is a web application that operates as a bitcoin search engine, in that it allows you to search for addresses, transactions, and blocks and see the relationships and flows between them. + [[bitcoin-overview]] .Bitcoin overview image::images/mbc2_0201.png["Bitcoin Overview"] - -((("blockchain explorer sites")))Each example in this chapter is based on an actual transaction made on the bitcoin network, simulating the interactions between the users (Joe, Alice, Bob, and Gopesh) by sending funds from one wallet to another. While tracking a transaction through the bitcoin network to the blockchain, we will use a _blockchain explorer_ site to visualize each step. A blockchain explorer is a web application that operates as a bitcoin search engine, in that it allows you to search for addresses, transactions, and blocks and see the relationships and flows between them. - ((("Bitcoin Block Explorer")))((("BlockCypher Explorer")))((("blockchain.info")))((("BitPay Insight")))Popular blockchain explorers include: * https://blockexplorer.com[Bitcoin Block Explorer]