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Bitcoin's P2P Network

Bitcoin's P2P Network

3 years ago 8 min read Haseeb Qureshi
Bitcoin's P2P network comes with its own unique challenges: bootstrapping your initial peers, defending against spam, and ensuring network-level privacy.
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Haseeb Qureshi
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Gnutella: an Intro to Gossip

Gnutella: an Intro to Gossip

3 years ago 11 min read Haseeb Qureshi
Gnutella was one of the first decentralized P2P protocols to take off after the death of Napster. It's a direct predecessor to Bitcoin's networking design.
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P2P Networking

P2P Networking

3 years ago 9 min read Haseeb Qureshi
Bitcoin is built atop the shoulders of the early P2P file sharing protocols. And the history of P2P file sharing starts with the grandfather of all massive P2P protocols, Napster.
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Public-Key Cryptography

Public-Key Cryptography

3 years ago 17 min read Haseeb Qureshi
Without public key cryptography, Bitcoin would be impossible. It lays the foundation for digital identities and cryptographically enforced property rights.
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Hashcash

Hashcash

3 years ago 6 min read Haseeb Qureshi
To understand Bitcoin's consensus mechanism and the concept of proof-of-work, we first have to understand Hashcash.
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