How does Bitcoin work? - Bitcoin
A transaction is a transfer of value between Bitcoin wallets that gets included in the block chain. Bitcoin wallets keep a secret piece of data called a private key or seed, which is used to sign transactions, providing a mathematical proof that they have come from the owner of the wallet.
Developer Guides - Bitcoin
Find detailed information about the Bitcoin protocol and related specifications.
P2P Network - Bitcoin
This section describes the Bitcoin P2P network protocol (but it is not a specification). It does not describe the discontinued direct IP-to-IP payment protocol, the deprecated BIP70 payment protocol, the GetBlockTemplate mining protocol, or any network protocol never implemented in an official version of Bitcoin Core.
Bitcoin - Open source P2P money
Bitcoin is open-source; its design is public, nobody owns or controls Bitcoin and everyone can take part. Through many of its unique properties, Bitcoin allows exciting uses that could not be covered by any previous payment system.
FAQ - Bitcoin
The Bitcoin protocol is designed in such a way that new bitcoins are created at a fixed rate. This makes Bitcoin mining a very competitive business. When more miners join the network, it becomes increasingly difficult to make a profit and miners must seek efficiency to cut their operating costs.
P2P Network - Bitcoin
The Bitcoin network protocol allows full nodes (peers) to collaboratively maintain a peer-to-peer network for block and transaction exchange. Introduction ¶ Full nodes download and verify every block and transaction prior to relaying them to other nodes.
Reference - Bitcoin
This site aims to provide the docs you need to understand Bitcoin and start building Bitcoin-based applications.
Glossary — Bitcoin
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Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System The paper that first introduced Bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto's original paper is still recommended reading for anyone studying how Bitcoin works.
Payment Processing - Bitcoin
Bitcoin Core 0.9 supports the new payment protocol. The payment protocol adds many important features to payment requests: Supports X.509 certificates and SSL encryption to verify receivers’ identity and help prevent man-in-the-middle attacks. Provides more detail about the requested payment to spenders.