From ac4cee04e0d887323eba5914376e6a2d144ff143 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Binns Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 12:59:48 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] ch01: Leave contraction as-is --- ch01.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ch01.asciidoc b/ch01.asciidoc index 6e27684f..c703f1ab 100644 --- a/ch01.asciidoc +++ b/ch01.asciidoc @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Behind the scenes, bitcoin is also the name of the protocol, a peer-to-peer netw * ((("mining and consensus", "consensus rules", "satisfying")))A set of rules for independent transaction validation and currency issuance (consensus rules) * A mechanism for reaching global decentralized consensus on the valid blockchain (Proof-of-Work algorithm) -As a developer, I see bitcoin as akin to the internet of money, a network for propagating value and securing the ownership of digital assets via distributed computation. There is a lot more to bitcoin than first meets the eye. +As a developer, I see bitcoin as akin to the internet of money, a network for propagating value and securing the ownership of digital assets via distributed computation. There's a lot more to bitcoin than first meets the eye. In this chapter we'll get started by explaining some of the main concepts and terms, getting the necessary software, and using bitcoin for simple transactions. In following chapters we'll start unwrapping the layers of technology that make bitcoin possible and examine the inner workings of the bitcoin network and protocol.((("", startref="GSdefine01")))