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[[blockchain]]
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== The Blockchain
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The blockchain is the history of every confirmed Bitcoin transaction.
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The ((("blockchain", "explained", id="blockchain-explain")))blockchain is the history of every confirmed Bitcoin transaction.
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It's what allows every full node to independently determine what keys and
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scripts control which bitcoins. In this chapter, we'll look at the
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structure of the blockchain and see how it uses cryptographic
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While the
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protocol always allows a chain to be undone by a longer chain and while
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the possibility of any block being reversed always exists, the
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probability of such an event decreases as time passes until it becomes
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probability of such an event decreases as time passes until it ((("blockchain", "explained", startref="blockchain-explain")))becomes
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infinitesimal.
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=== Structure of a Block
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