Progress pill
Introduction

Knowledge assessment

Mastering BTC Pay Server

Knowledge assessment

  • KA Classroom discussion
  • KA Vocabulary review

KA Classroom discussion

Discuss some oversimplifications made in the classroom exercise under the second scenario and describe what the actual Bitcoin system does in more detail.

KA Vocabulary review

Define the following key terms introduced in the prior section:
  • Node
  • Mempool
  • Difficulty Target
  • Block
Discuss the meaning of some additional terms as a group:
Blockchain, Transaction, Double-Spend, Byzantine Generals’ Problem, Mining, Proof of Work (PoW), Hash Function, Block Reward, Blockchain, Longest Chain, 51% Attack, Output, Output Lock, Change, Satoshis, Public/Private Key, Address, Public-Key Cryptography, Digital Signature, Wallet