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# Bitcoin Whitepaper Notes

## Key Concepts

### Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash
- No trusted third party needed
- Double-spending solved via proof-of-work
- Longest chain = truth

### Proof of Work
- SHA-256 based hashing
- Difficulty adjusts every 2016 blocks (~2 weeks)
- Incentive: block reward + transaction fees

### Network
- Nodes broadcast transactions
- Miners collect into blocks
- Blocks are chained via hash references

## My Thoughts
- The 21M supply cap is genius - digital scarcity
- Lightning Network solves the scaling concern
- Self-custody is the whole point

## Reading List
- [ ] Mastering Bitcoin - Andreas Antonopoulos
- [ ] The Bitcoin Standard - Saifedean Ammous
- [ ] Programming Bitcoin - Jimmy Song
chore: baseline codex hardening before lifecycle refactor Snapshots the in-flight hardening work so subsequent reconcile/Quadlet phases land on a clean before/after diff. Changes: - core/container/src/podman_client.rs: image_uses_insecure_registry() whitelist for the OVH (146.59.87.168:3000) and legacy Hetzner (23.182.128.160:3000) HTTP mirrors; podman_network_settings() lifts custom networks into the Networks map so containers can join them. - core/archipelago/src/container/prod_orchestrator.rs: ensure_container_network() creates per-manifest networks on demand; apply_data_uid() now goes through host_sudo for mkdir -p + chown so bind-mount roots get created and chowned without password prompts. - core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/{install,update,stacks}.rs: podman pull adds --tls-verify=false only for whitelisted registries. - core/archipelago/src/bootstrap.rs: removes stale dev-mode systemd override on startup (live nodes carried it from old installers). - core/archipelago/src/config.rs: ignore ARCHIPELAGO_DEV_MODE in prod binaries — it had been silently rerouting volumes to /tmp. - apps/bitcoin-{core,knots}/manifest.yml: locate bitcoind at runtime so image-layout differences don't break entrypoint. - scripts/app-catalog-image-smoke-test.py: production catalog/image smoke test that probes a target node before users click Install. - .gitignore: cover .codex, .pnpm-store, __pycache__, *.bak. Removes filebrowser.rs.bak and two stale catalog.json.bak files (verified identical to live counterparts). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> 2026-05-01 08:52:29 -04:00			`# Bitcoin Whitepaper Notes`

			`## Key Concepts`

			`### Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash`
			`- No trusted third party needed`
			`- Double-spending solved via proof-of-work`
			`- Longest chain = truth`

			`### Proof of Work`
			`- SHA-256 based hashing`
			`- Difficulty adjusts every 2016 blocks (~2 weeks)`
			`- Incentive: block reward + transaction fees`

			`### Network`
			`- Nodes broadcast transactions`
			`- Miners collect into blocks`
			`- Blocks are chained via hash references`

			`## My Thoughts`
			`- The 21M supply cap is genius - digital scarcity`
			`- Lightning Network solves the scaling concern`
			`- Self-custody is the whole point`

			`## Reading List`
			`- [ ] Mastering Bitcoin - Andreas Antonopoulos`
			`- [ ] The Bitcoin Standard - Saifedean Ammous`
			`- [ ] Programming Bitcoin - Jimmy Song`