In the ((("bitcoins", "mining", "decentralized consensus", id="bitcoin-mining-consensus")))((("mining", "decentralized consensus", id="mining-consensus")))((("decentralized consensus", id="decentral-consensus")))((("emergent consensus", id="emergent-consensus")))((("consensus", see="decentralized consensus")))previous chapter we looked at the
blockchain, the global list of all transactions, which
everyone in the Bitcoin network accepts as the authoritative record of
ownership transfers.
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In the next few sections we will examine these processes and how they
interact to create the emergent property of network-wide consensus that
allows any Bitcoin node to assemble its own copy of the authoritative,