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Bitcoin explained like an onion, Part 4: How the Blockchain really works.
Bitcoin explained like an onion, Part 4: How the Blockchain really works.
This part will knock your socks off, it’s the really clever bit, the deepest layer of the Bitcoin onion. Everything we talked about before…
Nick McIntosh
May 28, 2017
Bitcoin explained like an onion, Part 3: How to make a digital signature
Bitcoin explained like an onion, Part 3: How to make a digital signature
We need a way to be sure someone wanted a transaction on the blockchain to happen. This next layer of the onion is about how to digitally…
Nick McIntosh
May 28, 2017
Bitcoin explained like an onion, Part 2: A trusty chain
Bitcoin explained like an onion, Part 2: A trusty chain
The next onion layer of understanding bitcoins is to work out how Bitcoin allows trusty transactions to be made without bank involvement.
Nick McIntosh
May 27, 2017
Bitcoin explained like an onion: Let’s talk about money.
Bitcoin explained like an onion: Let’s talk about money.
My mother was irritated that she had no idea what Bitcoin was. I tried to explain, but couldn’t, as I didn’t know myself. So I did a whole…
Nick McIntosh
May 27, 2017
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