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=== Bitcoin Overview
=== Bitcoin Overview
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The ((("Bitcoin", "operational overview", id="bitcoin-operational-overview-ch2")))((("blockchain explorers", id="blockchain-explorers")))Bitcoin system consists of users with wallets containing keys,
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The Bitcoin system consists of users with wallets containing keys,
transactions that are propagated across the network, and miners who
transactions that are propagated across the network, and miners who
produce (through competitive computation) the consensus blockchain,
produce (through competitive computation) the consensus blockchain,
which is the authoritative journal of all transactions.
which is the authoritative journal of all transactions.
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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
on an actual transaction made on the Bitcoin network, simulating the
interactions between several users by sending
interactions between several users by sending
funds from one wallet to another. While tracking a transaction through
funds from one wallet to another. While tracking a transaction through