diff --git a/ch02_overview.adoc b/ch02_overview.adoc index 73f8c5cc..1c6e5157 100644 --- a/ch02_overview.adoc +++ b/ch02_overview.adoc @@ -14,13 +14,16 @@ transactions, the network, and mining. === Bitcoin Overview -[role="fix_tracking"] -The ((("Bitcoin", "operational overview", id="bitcoin-operational-overview-ch2")))((("blockchain explorers", id="blockchain-explorers")))Bitcoin system consists of users with wallets containing keys, +++++ +

+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 journal of all transactions. +

+++++ -Each example in this chapter is based +Each((("Bitcoin", "operational overview", id="bitcoin-operational-overview-ch2")))((("blockchain explorers", id="blockchain-explorers"))) example in this chapter is based on an actual transaction made on the Bitcoin network, simulating the interactions between several users by sending funds from one wallet to another. While tracking a transaction through