Lecture 10: Network Concepts

Network Concepts - Block propagation - Lightweight (SPV) vs full nodes - Hard and soft forks - Limitations of Bitcoin and other blockchains

Bitcoin Fundamentals Introduction

2: The Gossip Protocol

Validation: Valid Transaction

Nodes And Blocks

The Big Boy Network

Spv Nodes

Bip 11 And Segregated Witness

Third Party Arbiter

The Basics Of A Fork

Old Software Upgrades

Other Minor Issues