Introduction to Bitcoin Terminology part II
The Network and the Blockchain. The Bitcoin network is the network of computers through which Bitcoin transactions are broadcasted and which maintains the public blockchain. Sometimes, the term is used to refer to just miners (see below). The blockchain is a public list of all transactions that have ever been sent, ensuring that everyone knows which....
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