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CH03::intro: correct Nakamoto facts; clarify Bitcoin Core details
- Previous text said Bitcoin (Core) was "completed" before the Nakamoto paper was written, but Nakamoto sent unfinished code to Hal Finney and others after the paper was published but prior to the public software release, suggesting Bitcoin wasn't completed at that time. This also ignores the two updates (at least) which Nakamoto made to the Bitcoin paper after the network was started. It also seems much more likely to me that parts of the code and the paper were written in tandem. Update text to say "mostly completed" and "published". - Drop word "authoritative" from the description of Bitcoin Core as a reference implementation. There's no authority here. - Change problematic "full network node" language; see edits to previous chapters.
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full-time and several dozen more on a part-time basis. Anyone can
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contribute to the code—including you!
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((("bitcoin whitepaper")))((("Satoshi client")))((("reference
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implementation", see="Bitcoin Core")))((("Bitcoin Core", "reference
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implementation")))When bitcoin was created by Satoshi Nakamoto, the
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software was actually completed before the whitepaper reproduced in
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<<satoshi_whitepaper>> was written. Satoshi wanted to make sure it
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worked before writing about it. That first implementation, then simply
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known as "Bitcoin" or "Satoshi client," has been heavily modified and
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software was mostly completed before the whitepaper reproduced in
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<<satoshi_whitepaper>> was published. Satoshi wanted to make sure it
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worked before publishing about it. That first implementation, then simply
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known as "Bitcoin", has been heavily modified and
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improved. It has evolved into what is known as _Bitcoin Core_, to
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differentiate it from other compatible implementations. Bitcoin Core is
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differentiate it from other implementations. Bitcoin Core is
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the _reference implementation_ of the Bitcoin system, meaning that it is
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the authoritative reference on how each part of the technology should be
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provides a reference for how each part of the technology should be
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implemented. Bitcoin Core implements all aspects of bitcoin, including
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wallets, a transaction and block validation engine, and a full network
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node in the peer-to-peer Bitcoin network.
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wallets, a transaction and block validation engine, and all modern parts
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of Bitcoin peer-to-peer communication.
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[WARNING]
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