From bc4f6920649eaf571b40d02868c20a63bd6a1957 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: clenser Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 18:24:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Edited ch02_overview.adoc with Atlas code editor --- ch02_overview.adoc | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/ch02_overview.adoc b/ch02_overview.adoc index ad748593..3e62ee79 100644 --- a/ch02_overview.adoc +++ b/ch02_overview.adoc @@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ wallet can further verify Alice's transaction only spends((("transactions", "con === Bitcoin Mining -Alice's transaction((("bitcoins", "mining", id="bitcoin-mining")))((("mining", id="mining"))) is now propagated on the Bitcoin +Alice's transaction((("bitcoins", "mining", "operational overview", id="bitcoin-mining-operational-overview")))((("mining", "operational overview", id="mining-operational-overview"))) is now propagated on the Bitcoin network. It does not become part of the _blockchain_ until it is included in a block by a process called _mining_ and that block has been validated by full nodes. See @@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ valid block something that requires an incredible amount of work to create but only a trivial amount of work to verify. The simple verification process is able to probabalistically prove the work was done, so the data necessary to generate that proof--in this case, the -block--is called proof of work (PoW). +block--is called ((("Proof-of-Work algorithm")))proof of work (PoW). Transactions are added to the new block, prioritized by the highest fee rate transactions first and a few other criteria. Each miner starts the @@ -586,13 +586,13 @@ giving Bob more and more confidence that Alice's payment is secure. In <>, we can see the block that contains Alice's transaction. Below it are hundreds of thousands of blocks, linked to each other in a chain of -blocks (blockchain) all the way back to block #0, known as the _genesis +blocks (blockchain) all the way back to block #0, known as((("genesis block"))) the _genesis block_. Over time, as the "height" of new blocks increases, so does the computation difficulty for the chain as a whole. By convention, any block with more than six confirmations is considered very hard to change, because it would require an immense amount of computation to recalculate six blocks (plus one new block). We will examine -the process of mining and the way it builds confidence in more ((("bitcoins", "mining", startref="bitcoin-mining")))((("mining", startref="mining")))detail in +the process of mining and the way it builds confidence in more ((("bitcoins", "mining", "operational overview", startref="bitcoin-mining-operational-overview")))((("mining", "operational overview", startref="mining-operational-overview")))detail in <>. [[block-alice1]]