Encyclopedia

This Archive aims to provide the glossary terms and docs you need to understand Bitcoin and start building Bitcoin-based applications.

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Data carrier transaction

A transaction type relayed and mined by default in Bitcoin Core 0.9.0 and later that...

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Data-pushing opcode

Operation codes from the Bitcoin Script language which push data or perform functions within a...

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Denomination

Denominations of Bitcoin value, usually measured in fractions of a bitcoin but sometimes measured in...

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Difficulty

How difficult it is to find a block relative to the difficulty of finding the...

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DNS seed

A DNS server which returns IP addresses of full nodes on the Bitcoin network to...

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Double spend

A transaction that uses the same input as an already broadcast transaction. The attempt of...

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Documentation