Bitcoin Core Concepts¶
Foundational concepts behind the Bitcoin protocol.
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Bitcoin | Overview of the Bitcoin network |
| UTXO | Unspent Transaction Output model |
| Taproot | Privacy and smart contract upgrade |
| Script | Bitcoin's scripting language |
| Transactions | How Bitcoin transactions work |
| Nakamoto Consensus | Bitcoin's consensus mechanism |
| HTLC | Hash Time-Locked Contracts |
| Segregated Witness | SegWit transaction format |
| Satoshi Nakamoto | The anonymous creator of Bitcoin |