Developer Guides

Find detailed information about the Bitcoin protocol and related specifications.

• Block Chain
  • Introduction
  • Proof Of Work
  • Block Height And Forking
  • Transaction Data
  • Consensus Rule Changes
  • Detecting Forks
• Transactions
  • Introduction
  • P2PKH Script Validation
  • P2SH Scripts
  • Standard Transactions
  • Signature Hash Types
  • Locktime And Sequence Number
  • Transaction Fees And Change
  • Avoiding Key Reuse
  • Transaction Malleability
• Contracts
  • Introduction
  • Escrow And Arbitration
  • Micropayment Channel
  • CoinJoin
• Wallets
  • Introductions
  • Wallet Programs
  • Wallet Files
• Payment Processing
  • Introduction
  • Pricing Orders
  • Requesting Payments
  • Verifying Payment
  • Issuing Refunds
  • Disbursing Income (Limiting Forex Risk)
  • Rebilling Recurring Payments
• Operating Modes
  • Introduction
  • Full Node
  • Simplified Payment Verification (SPV)
  • Future Proposals
• P2P Network
  • Introduction
  • Peer Discovery
  • Connecting To Peers
  • Initial Block Download
  • Block Broadcasting
  • Transaction Broadcasting
  • Misbehaving Nodes
  • Alerts
• Mining
  • Introduction
  • Solo Mining
  • Pool Mining
  • Block Prototypes
  • Stratum