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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Fiat

National currencies such as the dollar or euro.

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Fork

When two or more blocks have the same block height, forking the block chain. ...

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Free transaction

Transactions that don’t have to pay a transaction fee because their inputs have been idle...

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Full node

A computer that connects to the Bitcoin network.Not to be confused with: Lightweight node, SPV...

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