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Event September 6, 2026 Added September 6, 2026 Updated October 11, 2026 Guide

What owning a bitcoin actually means

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Part 1 of the beginner guide. A bitcoin is not a coin sitting in an account — it behaves more like a receipt, unlocked by a key only you hold.

Event January 3, 2009 Added May 27, 2026 Updated October 11, 2026 Design Document

Bitcoin storage design — block database, UTXO set, and chain state management

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

How Bitcoin Core persists blocks, maintains the UTXO set, indexes chain state, manages the mempool, prunes historical data, and bootstraps via assumeUTXO.

Event January 3, 2009 Added May 27, 2026 Updated October 10, 2026 Design Document

Bitcoin transaction design — UTXO model, Script, and signature schemes

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Deep-dive into Bitcoin's transaction layer: UTXO lifecycle, transaction structure, Script evaluation, ECDSA and Schnorr signatures, SegWit, and Taproot.