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CH10: intro edits
- We revise sentence about equality among peers to make it clear that the peers are full nodes. Clients are not peers of a full node. - Remove clause about "reciprocity" being the incentive for participation. I think there are varied reasons for operating a full node, ranging from wanting to validate your own transactions (requiring only a pruning full node) to wanting to keep mining decentralized (e.g. by relaying transactions). - Drop line about non-Bitcoin-P2P protocols being "extended Bitcoin network". I think that's an unnecessary categorization.
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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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computers that participate in the network are peers to each other, that
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they are all equal, that there are no "special" nodes, and that all
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nodes share the burden of providing network services. The network nodes
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full nodes which participate in the network are peers to each other, that
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they can all equal, and that there are no "special" nodes.
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The network nodes
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interconnect in a mesh network with a "flat" topology. There is no
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server, no centralized service, and no hierarchy within the network.
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Nodes in a P2P network both provide and consume services at the same
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time with reciprocity acting as the incentive for participation. P2P
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time. P2P
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networks are inherently resilient, decentralized, and open. A preeminent
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example of a P2P network architecture was the early internet itself,
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where nodes on the IP network were equal. Today's internet architecture
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is more hierarchical, but the Internet Protocol still retains its
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flat-topology essence. Beyond Bitcoin, the largest and most successful
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flat-topology essence. Beyond Bitcoin and the internet, the largest and most successful
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application of P2P technologies is file sharing, with Napster as the
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pioneer and BitTorrent as the most recent evolution of the architecture.
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@ -25,22 +25,20 @@ Bitcoin's P2P network architecture is much more than a topology choice.
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Bitcoin is a P2P digital cash system by design, and the network
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architecture is both a reflection and a foundation of that core
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characteristic. Decentralization of control is a core design principle
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that can only be achieved and maintained by a flat, decentralized P2P
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that can only be achieved and maintained by a flat and decentralized P2P
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consensus network.
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((("Bitcoin network", "defined")))The term "Bitcoin network" refers to
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the collection of nodes running the Bitcoin P2P protocol. In addition to
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the Bitcoin P2P protocol, there are other protocols such as Stratum that
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the Bitcoin P2P protocol, there are other protocols that
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are used for mining and lightweight or mobile wallets. These additional
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protocols are provided by gateway routing servers that access the
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Bitcoin network using the Bitcoin P2P protocol and then extend that
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network to nodes running other protocols. For example, Stratum servers
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connect Stratum mining nodes via the Stratum protocol to the main
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Bitcoin network and bridge the Stratum protocol to the Bitcoin P2P
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protocol. We use the term "extended Bitcoin network" to refer to the
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overall network that includes the Bitcoin P2P protocol, pool-mining
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protocols, the Stratum protocol, and any other related protocols
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connecting the components of the Bitcoin system.
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protocol. We will describe some of the most commonly used of those
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protocols in this chapter in addition to Bitcoin's P2P protocol.
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=== Node Types and Roles
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