BitcoinBitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is a decentralized digital currency that is based on cryptography. As such, it can operate without the... Read More core is a full-node implementation of the Bitcoin protocolThe Bitcoin protocol is the underlying set of rules governing the operation of the Bitcoin network. These rules define new... Read More on a computer. It maintains a copy of the entire blockchainA blockchain is a distributed database that is shared among the nodes of a computer network. Read More and validates transactions according to the consensusConsensus is what allows a distributed system (like the blockchain) to function as a decentralized peer-to-peer system without the need... Read More rules. Once a computer’s Bitcointesting out a lowercase version of this. Read More core program syncs with the Bitcoin networkBitcoin network is the decentralized peer-to-peer network that powers the Bitcoin blockchain and processes all transactions on the blockchain. Read More and downloads the blockchainA digital currency in which transactions are verified and records maintained by a decentralized system using cryptography, rather than by... history, it becomes a full nodeNodes are computers that verify the set of rules that are built into the protocols of a given cryptocurrency. In... Read More that can help verify future blocksGroups of data within a blockchain. On cryptocurrency blockchains, blocks are made up of transaction records as users buy or sell... Read More and provide data to other nodes
