<p>Take a look at this Whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto: <a href="http://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf</a></p>

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2013-12-29T01:56:08.220Z
The paper is actually pretty cursory.
Kinnard Hockenhull
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<p>How does the cryptography science behind bitcoins work to make it robust(reliable , scalable).
I am interested in technical explanation with cryptography math and not just conceptual explanation.</p>

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2013-10-11T12:36:04.940Z
possible duplicate of [What's a good resource to learn how \[technically\] bitcoin works?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/12522/whats-a-good-resource-to-learn-how-technically-bitcoin-works)
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How does bitcoin work from a technical computer science cryptography perspective?
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# How does bitcoin work from a technical computer science cryptography perspective?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-04-07)

How does the cryptography science behind bitcoins work to make it robust(reliable , scalable).
I am interested in technical explanation with cryptography math and not just conceptual explanation.

**Tags:** cryptography

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: possible duplicate of [What's a good resource to learn how \[technically\] bitcoin works?](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/12522/whats-a-good-resource-to-learn-how-technically-bitcoin-works)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2013-04-07. Score: 1

Take a look at this Whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto: <http://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf>

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: The paper is actually pretty cursory.  

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