Bitcoin's whitepaper is neither a complete specification nor a sacred document. These are NOT described by it:
script
multisig
addresses
mining pools
21M coin cap
8 decimal precision
HD address generation
2016-block retarget window
best chain = cumulative PoW, not longest chain
Jameson Lopp
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2023-10-31 14:24:14
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2023-10-31 14:24:14Event JSON
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