Bitcoin – the short version Chris Swan @cpswan
Bitcoin – the short version
Nov 11, 2014
A lightning talk overview of mining and the blockchain
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Bitcoin – the short version
Chris Swan@cpswan
The big hype – was last year
Currency – it’s just numbers
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New bitcoins made by mining
The mining arms race
At scale
Glory days are gone already
All that work goes into the blockchain
Truth by consensus
With thanks to Michael Neilsen:
‘How the Bitcoin protocol actually works’
is.gd/htbpaw
The Bitcoin wallet is just anapp for the blockchain
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