Bitcoin Decentralized Consensus: Nodes, Rules, and Mining
A plain-language guide to Bitcoin consensus: what full nodes validate, what miners do, why a hash is not a vote, and why confirmation finality is probabilistic.
A plain-language guide to Bitcoin consensus: what full nodes validate, what miners do, why a hash is not a vote, and why confirmation finality is probabilistic.
A protocol-first guide to Bitcoin mining roles, templates, targets, validation, chainwork, shares, pool boundaries, and probabilistic rewards.
Buying and owning Bitcoin is generally lawful in Canada, but platform, tax, AML, custody and provincial rules still matter. Reviewed August 29, 2026.