In a deeper study of Bitcoin I understand: The peers in the…

Twetch ·

In a deeper study of Bitcoin I understand: The peers in the electronic cash system "Bitcoin", are the *people* or *businesses* transacting with each other peer to peer, without an intermediary. The protocol enables this. Peers are NOT nodes in the network.

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Twetch ·

Welcome to Twetch!!! 🐲🔥🐉

Twetch ·

Thank you!

treechat ·

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meritocracy ·

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TimJSwan ·

I thought it was that, too, but I realized that it was actually referring to the nodes. Although it is true that a transaction is typically intended to be sent directly wallet to wallet, and whether that is preferred as via the nodes depends on the situation.