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Bitcoin nodes

Full nodes independently verify blocks and transactions against the consensus rules they choose to enforce.

Context

Why it matters

Full nodes independently verify blocks and transactions against the consensus rules they choose to enforce.

Canonical knowledge

What California Bitcoin maintains

  • Full nodes independently verify blocks and transactions against the consensus rules they choose to enforce.

Primary and technical sources

Evidence before assertion
Bitcoin Developer Documentation

Bitcoin.org

Tier — · technicalBitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System

Satoshi Nakamoto

Tier 1 · primary

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