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ikeboy on May 3, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Craig Wright Is Not Satoshi Nakamoto

The wiki page is surprisingly good. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin#Design

You'll also need to know what Proof of work is, explained in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof-of-work_system

See also https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Introduction, or the rest of the wiki, or the StackExchange site.

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