From 76fa766a094ba85b5537884ac8e10a86254fa6a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rating89us <45968869+rating89us@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 01:23:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ch01: wallets -> wallet --- ch01.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ch01.asciidoc b/ch01.asciidoc index e36e61cd..f362e189 100644 --- a/ch01.asciidoc +++ b/ch01.asciidoc @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ image::images/mbc2_0102.png["airbitz mobile send screen"] Joe then carefully checks to make sure he has entered the correct amount, because he is about to transmit money and mistakes are irreversible. After double-checking the address and amount, he presses Send to transmit the transaction. Joe's mobile bitcoin wallet constructs a transaction that assigns 0.10 BTC to the address provided by Alice, sourcing the funds from Joe's wallet and signing the transaction with Joe's private keys. This tells the bitcoin network that Joe has authorized a transfer of value to Alice's new address. As the transaction is transmitted via the peer-to-peer protocol, it quickly propagates across the bitcoin network. In less than a second, most of the well-connected nodes in the network receive the transaction and see Alice's address for the first time. -Meanwhile, Alice's wallet is constantly "listening" to published transactions on the bitcoin network, looking for any that match the addresses in her wallets. A few seconds after Joe's wallet transmits the transaction, Alice's wallet will indicate that it is receiving 0.10 BTC. +Meanwhile, Alice's wallet is constantly "listening" to published transactions on the bitcoin network, looking for any that match the addresses contained in her wallet. A few seconds after Joe's wallet transmits the transaction, Alice's wallet will indicate that it is receiving 0.10 BTC. .Confirmations ****