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Bitcoin and Lightning Network on Raspberry Pi: Running Nodes on Pi3, Pi4 and Pi Zero
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Bitcoin and Lightning Network on Raspberry Pi: Running Nodes on Pi3, Pi4 and Pi Zero

by Harris Brakmić
November 2019
Intermediate to advanced
365 pages
6h 59m
English
Apress
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© Harris Brakmić 2019
H. BrakmićBitcoin and Lightning Network on Raspberry Pihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5522-3_7

7. Bitcoin Script

Harris Brakmić1 
(1)
Troisdorf, Germany
 

In this chapter we will learn about the core element of Bitcoin, the language called Script. Script is an embedded programming language that runs inside every Bitcoin node and is responsible for processing transactions. Unlike most other programming languages, it wasn’t designed upfront with formalized grammar and syntax. Instead of using a proper notation technique like Backus-Naur1 to describe its syntax, Script was hard-coded in the very first version of Bitcoin.

Script, the Programming Language

Whenever we talk about sending or receiving funds in Bitcoin’s network, what ...

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