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Blockchain technology is all the rage these days, thanks to Bitcoin! Blockchain as we know it is a gift of Bitcoin and its inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto, to the whole world. If you are wondering who Satoshi Nakamoto is, then we will let you wonder as we do not have an answer to it. We also suggest that you understand and appreciate the wonderful technology behind Bitcoin without searching for the inventor. Learning the technical fundamentals of Bitcoin will also enable you to understand the other Blockchain solutions that are there in the market.
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© 2018 Bikramaditya Singhal, Gautam Dhameja, Priyansu Sekhar Panda
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Singhal, B., Dhameja, G., Panda, P.S. (2018). How Bitcoin Works. In: Beginning Blockchain. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3444-0_3
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