Functionalities of Bitcoin Wallet

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∟Bitcoin Wallet

∟Functionalities of Bitcoin Wallet

This section describes functionalities of a Bitcoin Wallet.

A complete Bitcoin Wallet needs to perform functionalities in 3 categories:

1. Managing Personal Public Keys - A Bitcoin Wallet must be able to:

Create multiple personal public and private key pairs.
Store personal public and private key pairs securely.
Make public keys available as personal Bitcoin addresses.
Distribute personal Bitcoin addresses to receive Bitcoins.

2. Interacting with the Bitcoin Network - A Bitcoin Wallet must be able to:

Retrieve Bitcoin transactions that are paid to managed Bitcoin addresses.
Prepare outgoing draft transaction to send out Bitcoins.
Post outgoing final transactions signed by private keys to the Bitcoin Network.
Confirm posted outgoing transactions.
Maintain Bitcoin balance of managed Bitcoin addresses.

3. Signing Transactions to Send Bitcoins - A Bitcoin Wallet must be able to:

Digitally sign outgoing draft transactions to send out Bitcoins.

Table of Contents

About This Book

Introduction of Bitcoin

Bitcoin Blockchain

►Bitcoin Wallet

What Is Bitcoin Wallet

►Functionalities of Bitcoin Wallet

Data Architectures of Bitcoin Wallet

Which Wallet Is Better for Me

Install Bitcoin Core for Windows

Run Bitcoin Core for Windows

Bitcoin Core Download Blockchain

Bitcoin Core Data File Location

Uninstall Bitcoin Core for Windows

Bitcoin Transaction

Bitcoin-Qt - Bitcoin Core GUI

Bitcoin Consensus Rules

Bitcoin Block Data Structure

Bitcoin Transaction Data Structure

Bitcoin Blockchain APIs

Copay - Bitcoin Wallet

Archived Tutorials

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