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Minh T. Nguyen
85654d7367 Revert some change from pull request #132. You don't 'unlock' an address. No need to mention paper walllets; keeping it simple 2014-09-04 21:52:20 -07:00
bitcoins.SG
e2f7349fe2 Update ch01.asciidoc, What is bitcoin 3rd para
Made a few implied points more explicit and changed "transaction" to "address" in a few occasions where it was more appropriate
for e.g.  
"Users of bitcoin own keys which allow them to prove ownership of transactions in the bitcoin network, unlocking the value to spend it and transfer it to a new recipient. " to 
"Users of bitcoin own keys which allow them to prove ownership of addresses in the bitcoin network. Unlocking these addresses, unlocks any value associated to it and grants the user the ability to spend and thus transfer value from it."

Do key holders really own transactions? when someone transfers bitcoin to a user's address, is that transaction really theirs rather than the spender's? Isn't it more appropriate to say that the bitcoins associated to their address is theirs.

"Unlocking value to spend it and transfer it to a new recipient"
here unlocking value implies the "value to spend" instead of "spend the value", also, isn't spend and transfer the same thing? and a user could transfer bitcoins to an old recipient instead of a new one.
2014-09-04 14:20:45 +05:45
Minh T. Nguyen
0973a2da88 Merge pull request #130 from edeykholt/patch-3
Minor grammar fixes Ch9
2014-08-30 20:06:05 -07:00
Ed Eykholt
f6265bbd09 Minor grammar fixes Ch9 2014-08-30 17:35:07 -07:00
Minh T. Nguyen
66c571bbc9 Merge pull request #129 from sritchie/patch-1
Small typo re: x axis reflection
2014-08-29 09:00:26 -07:00
Minh T. Nguyen
9fd4213d48 Merge pull request #128 from hizzvizz/patch-1
Update ch08.asciidoc
2014-08-29 08:56:45 -07:00
Sam Ritchie
47a79e36e0 Small typo re: x axis reflection
Following the previous example, reflecting -4G should give us 4G, not G.
2014-08-29 09:49:20 -06:00
hizzvizz
a450708b4a Update ch08.asciidoc
Minor grammar fixes.
2014-08-29 11:33:53 -04:00
Minh T. Nguyen
03c579c278 Merge pull request #127 from drstrangeM/develop
Bytecoin BCN release date
2014-08-28 22:29:42 -07:00
Minh T. Nguyen
a7003ef8b1 Merge pull request #126 from Siecje/long_lines
Fixing long lines that are cut off in PDF
2014-08-28 22:19:15 -07:00
drstrangeM
90ea370a78 Bytecoin BCN release date 2014-08-28 15:49:51 +04:00
Cody Scott
e970ea97ee Fixing long lines that are cut off in PDF 2014-08-27 16:08:43 -04:00
Minh T. Nguyen
e1f63981c8 Merge branch 'physicsdude-develop' into develop 2014-08-25 21:35:04 -07:00
Bryan Gmyrek
fb85f8a14d more grammar fixes 2014-08-25 19:24:24 -07:00
Bryan Gmyrek
7622f0c77f grammar fix 2014-08-25 18:32:24 -07:00
Bryan Gmyrek
d28e0bc1a4 Merge pull request #1 from aantonop/develop
Update from original
2014-08-25 18:28:36 -07:00
Andreas M. Antonopoulos
209e6a808c Amir Taaki's comments and corrections 2014-08-25 11:36:44 -04:00
Andreas M. Antonopoulos
e0cd0073e5 Gavin Andresen's comments and corrections. 2014-08-25 11:23:46 -04:00
Andreas M. Antonopoulos
cdc838b51a Merge branch 'lornestar_suggestions' into develop 2014-08-25 10:54:07 -04:00
Andreas M. Antonopoulos
770115bab2 removed section describing the economic benefits of bitcoin. Do not want to add political and economic statements that are not easily substantiated and seem off-topic. 2014-08-25 10:53:48 -04:00
Minh T. Nguyen
9bfe6b8f01 Merge branch 'biafra23-patch-1' into develop 2014-08-24 14:41:27 -07:00
Minh T. Nguyen
21a09c26a2 Changing 'Simple Payment Verification' to 'Simplified Payment Verification' in all other chapters to per issue #124. 2014-08-24 14:40:02 -07:00
Dirk Jäckel
6383f127f9 SPV stands for Simplified Payment Verification 2014-08-24 23:04:33 +02:00
Lornestar
06155bcb20 Never heard that ex nihilo before, no need 2014-08-25 01:52:05 +08:00
Lornestar
9322a60b83 Most won't know what a clearing house is 2014-08-25 01:50:03 +08:00
Lornestar
cc9ba043b1 Quick summary of miners role 2014-08-25 01:48:47 +08:00
Lornestar
bf732ce72d Clearer explanation of merkle tree value 2014-08-24 20:27:22 +08:00
Lornestar
9cd1c1a2d7 blockchain size is 20+Gigs 2014-08-24 10:41:34 +08:00
Lornestar
7ce978a224 Explaining satoshi denomination differently
I think it's really difficult to know that 100 millionth is 8 decimal places
2014-08-24 10:17:07 +08:00
Minh T. Nguyen
a61a67c5fa Merge pull request #119 from jlopp/chapter09Fixes
fixing market cap description for Dogecoin
2014-08-23 13:53:54 -07:00
Jameson Lopp
604c90590f fixing market cap description for Dogecoin 2014-08-23 16:27:37 -04:00
Lornestar
c3190cd32c Improved description of keys ownership 2014-08-23 20:28:20 +08:00
Lornestar
bd1cf52ff0 New block every 10 minutes is average
They may think it's written into the rules of bitcoin that a new block is discovered every 10 min, instead of on average every 10 min.
2014-08-23 20:11:55 +08:00
Lornestar
9c67b2c881 Added BIP to the quick glossary list
BIPs are mentioned throughout the book, so I figure many readers will be asking what does BIP0021 mean?
2014-08-23 19:45:27 +08:00
Lornestar
4fb7306030 improved explanation of confirmations
identifying that the additional blocks must be removed first
2014-08-23 19:28:12 +08:00
Lornestar
8e5111a3f9 Removing question marks from new titles 2014-08-23 18:51:25 +08:00
Minh T. Nguyen
7ae01f3a2e Merge branch 'erikwam-patch-15' into develop 2014-08-22 12:10:35 -07:00
Minh T. Nguyen
62262c3cf7 Adding another comma following the changes from Issue #117 2014-08-22 12:09:39 -07:00
Erik Wahlström
7586d4550f Update ch09.asciidoc
Minor changes/typos
2014-08-22 20:32:23 +02:00
Lornestar
0149c111e0 Update ch01.asciidoc
I personally use bitcoinwisdom all the time to watch/analyze prices over the exchanges
2014-08-22 19:32:13 +08:00
Lornestar
d30a644e32 Update ch01.asciidoc
You can buy bitcoin using Purse.IO.
However I do not think it's a good idea to add purse.io to ways you can buy bitcoin because there is a chance that at any moment Amazon can shut them down and then the comment will become obsolete.
2014-08-22 19:27:06 +08:00
Lornestar
78b5d4f868 Update ch01.asciidoc
Using a bitcoin ATM is another method of getting bitcoins.
2014-08-22 18:13:38 +08:00
Lornestar
d3d95954e5 Update ch01.asciidoc
I took the Coinbase description from their own about page.  They are not an exchange, since you do not exchange bitcoin with other users, you buy and sell it directly with Coinbase.  The big value they bring is making it easy to use bitcoin.
2014-08-22 18:10:53 +08:00
Lornestar
68fe6a3d29 Update ch01.asciidoc
Identifying the potential pains that Bitcoin can solve, quantifying how big of an impact the innovation can really have.  This should hopefully get the reader excited about the possible power their code can have, and encourage them even more to learn more about Bitcoin.
2014-08-22 17:38:58 +08:00
Lornestar
2b8040e4b0 Update ch01.asciidoc
accidentally put What is Bitcoin, for History of Bitcoin
2014-08-22 17:35:03 +08:00
Lornestar
4079a650cd Update ch01.asciidoc
As I read through the history of Bitcoin section I kept asking when are you going to get to the part about Bitcoin.  I think half of that section is really events leading up to Bitcoin, as well Bitcoin didn't have any history until it was invented.
2014-08-22 17:02:02 +08:00
Lornestar
97f37419f5 Update preface.asciidoc
A clearer explanation of the value a wallet brings to a user
2014-08-22 16:55:14 +08:00
Lornestar
fb2fe84c86 Update preface.asciidoc
Maintain consistency.  If you're gonna show an example bitcoin address, should show an example private key.  It also helps to understand it further when you can see an example.
2014-08-22 16:42:00 +08:00
Lornestar
e8f4ab417a Update preface.asciidoc
I think it's better to explain the value and usage of a fee, instead of a more technical definition that identifies how it works.
It is possible for a transaction to be processed without a fee.
2014-08-22 16:24:20 +08:00
Lornestar
25af5c23bd Update preface.asciidoc
bitcoin address clearer explanation
2014-08-22 16:14:14 +08:00