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 ((("bitcoin", "overview of", id="BCover02")))((("central trusted
 authority")))((("decentralized systems", "bitcoin overview",
 id="DCSover02")))The Bitcoin system, unlike traditional banking and
-payment systems, is based on decentralized trust. Instead of a central
-trusted authority, in Bitcoin, trust is achieved as an emergent property
-from the interactions of different participants in the Bitcoin system.
+payment systems, does not require trust in third parties. Instead of a central
+trusted authority, in Bitcoin, each user can use software running on
+their own computer to verify the correct operation of every
+aspect of the Bitcoin system.
 In this chapter, we will examine bitcoin from a high level by tracking a
-single transaction through the Bitcoin system and watch as it becomes
-"trusted" and accepted by the bitcoin mechanism of distributed consensus
-and is finally recorded on the blockchain, the distributed ledger of all
+single transaction through the Bitcoin system and watch as it
+is recorded on the blockchain, the distributed ledger of all
 transactions. Subsequent chapters will delve into the technology behind
 transactions, the network, and mining.