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| author | fanquake <fanquake@gmail.com> | 2022-05-11 07:19:37 +0100 |
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| committer | fanquake <fanquake@gmail.com> | 2022-05-11 07:23:25 +0100 |
| commit | b8ded26ef3d7c58a938050659e4c50d850628dff (patch) | |
| tree | 3b470e83c89bee07643f34dd9efc0a45d89cd731 | |
| parent | ed4eeafbb6e2e73ff9fb9c03bd66bbb049b8aacd (diff) | |
| parent | faeb5b59a098578b3e8c552d35b5ba02b12af14d (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-b8ded26ef3d7c58a938050659e4c50d850628dff.tar.xz | |
Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#25090: doc: Explain Bitcoin Core instead of Bitcoin in README.md
faeb5b59a098578b3e8c552d35b5ba02b12af14d doc: Explain Bitcoin Core in README.md (MacroFake)
Pull request description:
Currently the README doesn't explain what Bitcoin Core is. Fix that.
Further reading / Inspired by:
* https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/25012
* https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoincore.org/pull/783
* https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoincore.org/pull/784
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@@ -6,18 +6,14 @@ https://bitcoincore.org For an immediately usable, binary version of the Bitcoin Core software, see https://bitcoincore.org/en/download/. -Further information about Bitcoin Core is available in the [doc folder](/doc). - -What is Bitcoin? ----------------- +What is Bitcoin Core? +--------------------- -Bitcoin is an experimental digital currency that enables instant payments to -anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate -with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried -out collectively by the network. Bitcoin Core is the name of open source -software which enables the use of this currency. +Bitcoin Core connects to the Bitcoin peer-to-peer network to download and fully +validate blocks and transactions. It also includes a wallet and graphical user +interface, which can be optionally built. -For more information read the original Bitcoin whitepaper. +Further information about Bitcoin Core is available in the [doc folder](/doc). License ------- |