Chapter 2 The Foundation: Encryption & P2P File Sharing

This episode, we delve into the technological breakthroughs that had to happen in order for Bitcoin to be invented. Apologies for the absurdly long numbers read out, but it is even in the audiobook version, it is necessary to comprehend the magnitude of the number space the Bitcoin code utilises as it influences that security of the private key system. Note, the alphanumeric hex 58 format private key mentioned in the chapter is: 5KPNAazE2GdkCBqDFKk2S2z2ku94ZvUy67yJXPN2A6DLfZgstVh which converted to a decimal becomes: 93,541,061,888,926,601,153,304,018,818,724,990,844,048,985,859,940,779,646,536,561,528,000,476,090,772. Buy the actual book on Amazon paperback & Kindle . Listen to this episode on Youtube | Audiobook Podcast Youtube Playlist | Feel free to support this work by liking, subscribing and leaving a comment on our podcast page, sharing on social media, or making a contribution on Patreon . Disclaimer | This work contains the music track RW Smith - Dig Deep that is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license | Source: | Author: RW Smith

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Chapter 2 The Foundation: Encryption & P2P File Sharing is an episode from WTF is Bitcoin?! The Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Guide for Dinner Parties by Maxim Beatty.

This episode is 00:10:48 long.

This episode was published on Oct 19, 2021.

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