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Layer One Concepts
Node Components in Bitcoin
Adam Gibson
Bitcoin Development Fundamentals
Node Components in Bitcoin
What you will learn:
Introduction to Bitcoin nodes
Why run a Bitcoin node?
What does a Bitcoin node do?
Node components
Chain State
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