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[[bitcoin_network_ch08]]
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== The Bitcoin Network
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=== Peer-to-Peer Network Architecture
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((("Bitcoin network", "peer-to-peer architecture")))((("peer-to-peer
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(P2P)")))Bitcoin is structured as a peer-to-peer network architecture on
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top of the internet. The term peer-to-peer, or P2P, means that the
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are servers and nodes running other protocols, such as specialized
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mining pool protocols and lightweight client-access protocols.
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=== The Bitcoin Network
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=== The Network
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((("", startref="BNnode08")))((("", startref="BNtype08")))((("Bitcoin
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network", "extended network activities")))As of this writing, the main Bitcoin network,
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David A. Harding
1 year ago