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Keyword reference — entries that mention this term in body prose.

Defined in: Bitcoin ecosystem design — Lightning Network, sidechains, and L1 extensions

4 entries reference this keyword in body prose.

Event August 15, 2015 Wikipedia

The block-size war (2015–2017) — Bitcoin XT, BIP148, the New York Agreement, and the Bitcoin Cash fork

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Mike Hearn, Gavin Andresen, Roger Ver, Jihan Wu, Amaury Séchet, Mike Belshe

Cross-cutting reading of Bitcoin's 2015–2017 block-size war by phase, faction, and turning point: Bitcoin XT, BIP148 UASF, the New York Agreement, Bitcoin Cash, SegWit2x cancellation.

Event January 3, 2009 Bitcoin Whitepaper

Bitcoin architecture evolution — Satoshi era v0.1 vs modern v27+ baseline

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Cross-cutting architecture comparison across every subsystem: Satoshi's v0.1 (January 2009) side by side with modern Bitcoin Core v27+, with split diagrams and domain tables.

Event January 3, 2009 Bitcoin Whitepaper

Bitcoin monetary design — issuance schedule, fee market, and incentive structure

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

How Bitcoin's 21 million cap emerges from a geometric halving series, how block rewards transition from subsidy to fees, and how the incentive model sustains honest mining.

Event January 3, 2009 Bitcoin Whitepaper

Bitcoin system design overview — architecture, data flow, and design-document index

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

High-level system overview of Bitcoin's architecture, layer model, and data flow. Entry point to a 12-page design-document series covering every major subsystem.