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Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BitcoinSV) was created to maintain the integrity of the Bitcoin public ledger by reverting back to the original Bitcoin protocol with a view to keeping it stable and secure, and allowing it to scale massively to accommodate global demand for open public ledger technology.
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Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (Bitcoin SV) was created to maintain the integrity of the Bitcoin public ledger by reverting back to the original Bitcoin protocol with the intention of keeping it stable and secure, and allowing it to scale massively in order to accommodate global demand for open public ledger technology.
  
 
BitcoinSV will maintain the vision set out by Satoshi Nakamoto’s visionary 2008 white paper titled [http://bitcoinsv.io/bitcoin.pdf Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System] which includes:
 
BitcoinSV will maintain the vision set out by Satoshi Nakamoto’s visionary 2008 white paper titled [http://bitcoinsv.io/bitcoin.pdf Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System] which includes:
* Scaling to accomodate global demand through network architecture and software allowing for big blocks to be mined
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* Scaling network systems and developing robust mining client software in order to accommodate global demand for ledger space.
* Allowing a distributed small world network to form at the center of a Mandala network connecting billions of people through their devices
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* Allowing a distributed small world network to form at the center of a Mandala network connecting billions of people through their devices.
* Elevating miners into their role as service provider
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* Elevating Miners into their role as service provider.
* Generating on-chain economic activity sufficient to allow transaction fees to supplant block subsidies as the funding mechanism
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* Generating on-chain economic activity sufficient to allow transaction fees to supplant block subsidies as their primary funding mechanism.
* To drive a culture of using transaction fees to price services
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* Driving a culture of using transaction fees to price transactions as a service.
* Using economic incentives to build network security
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* Leveraging economic incentives to build network security.
* Allowing the Bitcoin network to become a global infrastructure platform for financial and informatic exchange processes
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* Allowing the Bitcoin network to become a global infrastructure platform for financial and information exchange processes.
  
==Past Ledger Duplications==
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==Past ledger duplications==
The Bitcoin ledger has twice been duplicated by malicious miners to implement features that destroy the integrity of the ledger. The first duplication took place on August 1st, 2017 when miners hostile to the vision of Bitcoin chose to create a new version of the node client software that would allow the SegWit modification, breaking the ledger's chain of digital signatures.
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The Bitcoin ledger has twice been duplicated by Miners to implement features that modify the functionality of the node clients used to build the ledger.
  
From block height [[https://whatsonchain.com/block-height/478559 478559]] the Bitcoin network began operating under the name of Bitcoin Cash (BCH). In the duplication, the whole history of the ledger until block height was duplicated giving all BTC users an airdrop of coins on the BTC network. Subsequently, the BTC protocol was modified using a soft-fork to insert the irreversible Segregated Witness ([https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0141.mediawiki SegWit]) change across the network.
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===Segregated Witness and the change from BTC to BCH===
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The first duplication took place on August 1st, 2017 when Miners opted to create a new version of the protocol including Segregated Witness (SegWit), that modified the usage of digital signatures in transactions on the network.
  
On November 15th 2018, malicious miners again released an update to the Bitcoin Cash node client causing a second duplication of the ledger. After block [https://whatsonchain.com/block-height/609136 609136] Bitcoin's mining client was renamed to Bitcoin Satoshi Vision, and the coin used by the ledger became known as BitcoinSV or BSV. Miners, who engineered a social campaign to have the name Bitcoin Cash transferred to the new ledger, implemented a series of changes including the addition of opcodes that would potentially anonymise illegal activity ([https://github.com/bitcoincashorg/bitcoincash.org/blob/master/spec/op_checkdatasig.md OP_CHECKDATASIG and OP_CHECKDATASIGVERIFY]) and enforced canonical transaction ordering in blocks ([https://medium.com/@Bitcoin_ABC/benefits-of-canonical-transaction-order-ec30ae62d955 CTOR]).  
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From block height [[https://whatsonchain.com/block-height/478559 478559]] Miners renamed the network to Bitcoin Cash (BCH).
  
The Bitcoin network is operated by miners who understand that the future of Bitcoin is through massive global scaling and who have begun works to build new infrastructure and software to improve the transactional capacity of the network. Bitcoin Satoshi Vision is the mining client used by the majority of miners on the Bitcoin network to mine blocks that extend the Bitcoin ledger.
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Miners who elected to support the addition of SegWit cloned the ledger giving all Bitcoin holders a duplicate set of coins thus creating the Bitcoin Core network. Shortly afterwards, the BTC protocol was modified to allow users to create and submit transactions using [https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0141.mediawiki SegWit] style scripts to the network for addition to the ledger.
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===Canonical Transaction Ordering (CTOR) and the change from BCH to BSV===
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In the second half of 2018, nChain released a new mining client called BitcoinSV node with the goal of scaling the network and locking down protocol rules. Developers of the BitcoinABC node client which was predominantly used by Miners on the Bitcoin Cash network, released a roadmap that included a modification to the structure of blocks called Canonical Transaction Ordering ([https://medium.com/@Bitcoin_ABC/benefits-of-canonical-transaction-order-ec30ae62d955 CTOR]). This, enforced a rule that required transactions inserted into the Merkle tree to be ordered by [[TXID]] and the addition of new opcodes, [https://github.com/bitcoincashorg/bitcoincash.org/blob/master/spec/op_checkdatasig.md OP_CHECKDATASIG and OP_CHECKDATASIGVERIFY]. The Miners who supported the development of BitcoinSV did not endorse the addition of these changes, and they were not implemented in the node client.
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On November 15th 2018, the CTOR update was enabled in nodes following the BitcoinABC rule set. At block [https://whatsonchain.com/block-height/609136 609136], Bitcoin Miners using the changed protocol, duplicated the ledger and began adding blocks that used CTOR and the new opcodes into the new blockchain.
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==Mining on the Bitcoin network with BitcoinSV==
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Development of the BitcoinSV node client, is funded by Miners who understand that the future of Bitcoin is through massive global scaling and who have begun works to build new infrastructure and software to improve the transactional capacity of the network. BitcoinSV is currently the predominant mining client used by Miners on the Bitcoin network to mine blocks that extend the original Bitcoin ledger.
  
 
==Bitcoin V1.0 and the return to Genesis==
 
==Bitcoin V1.0 and the return to Genesis==
Since the release of the Bitcoin Satoshi Vision node client, Bitcoin has undergone a series of upgrades which have each removed selected limits that have impact the network's throughput or re-enable features that had previously been disabled or even removed.
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Since the release of the BitcoinSV node client, Bitcoin has undergone a series of upgrades which have removed limits that have impacted the network's throughput and re-enabled features that had been disabled or removed.
  
In February 2020, the Bitcoin network underwent the [[Genesis upgrade]], which removed all remaining limitations on the Bitcoin protocol in favour of miner-configurable setting allowing boundaries to be determined by economics and technical capability. Removed consensus rules included limits on transaction size, script size, multi-signature usage, block size and more. The full list of changes is available [https://bitcoinsv.io/2020/01/15/changes-for-the-genesis-upgrade/ here].
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In February 2020, the Bitcoin network underwent the [[Genesis upgrade]], which removed all remaining limitations on the Bitcoin protocol in favour of Miner-configurable setting allowing boundaries to be determined by economics and technical capability. The removed consensus rules included, limits on transaction size, script size, multi-signature usage, block size and more. The full list of changes is available [https://bitcoinsv.io/2020/01/15/changes-for-the-genesis-upgrade/ here].
  
 
The Bitcoin network is the [[Capacity Metrics|highest performing public ledger network in the world]].
 
The Bitcoin network is the [[Capacity Metrics|highest performing public ledger network in the world]].

Latest revision as of 01:30, 11 January 2022

Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (Bitcoin SV) was created to maintain the integrity of the Bitcoin public ledger by reverting back to the original Bitcoin protocol with the intention of keeping it stable and secure, and allowing it to scale massively in order to accommodate global demand for open public ledger technology.

BitcoinSV will maintain the vision set out by Satoshi Nakamoto’s visionary 2008 white paper titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System which includes:

  • Scaling network systems and developing robust mining client software in order to accommodate global demand for ledger space.
  • Allowing a distributed small world network to form at the center of a Mandala network connecting billions of people through their devices.
  • Elevating Miners into their role as service provider.
  • Generating on-chain economic activity sufficient to allow transaction fees to supplant block subsidies as their primary funding mechanism.
  • Driving a culture of using transaction fees to price transactions as a service.
  • Leveraging economic incentives to build network security.
  • Allowing the Bitcoin network to become a global infrastructure platform for financial and information exchange processes.

Past ledger duplications

The Bitcoin ledger has twice been duplicated by Miners to implement features that modify the functionality of the node clients used to build the ledger.

Segregated Witness and the change from BTC to BCH

The first duplication took place on August 1st, 2017 when Miners opted to create a new version of the protocol including Segregated Witness (SegWit), that modified the usage of digital signatures in transactions on the network.

From block height [478559] Miners renamed the network to Bitcoin Cash (BCH).

Miners who elected to support the addition of SegWit cloned the ledger giving all Bitcoin holders a duplicate set of coins thus creating the Bitcoin Core network. Shortly afterwards, the BTC protocol was modified to allow users to create and submit transactions using SegWit style scripts to the network for addition to the ledger.

Canonical Transaction Ordering (CTOR) and the change from BCH to BSV

In the second half of 2018, nChain released a new mining client called BitcoinSV node with the goal of scaling the network and locking down protocol rules. Developers of the BitcoinABC node client which was predominantly used by Miners on the Bitcoin Cash network, released a roadmap that included a modification to the structure of blocks called Canonical Transaction Ordering (CTOR). This, enforced a rule that required transactions inserted into the Merkle tree to be ordered by TXID and the addition of new opcodes, OP_CHECKDATASIG and OP_CHECKDATASIGVERIFY. The Miners who supported the development of BitcoinSV did not endorse the addition of these changes, and they were not implemented in the node client.

On November 15th 2018, the CTOR update was enabled in nodes following the BitcoinABC rule set. At block 609136, Bitcoin Miners using the changed protocol, duplicated the ledger and began adding blocks that used CTOR and the new opcodes into the new blockchain.

Mining on the Bitcoin network with BitcoinSV

Development of the BitcoinSV node client, is funded by Miners who understand that the future of Bitcoin is through massive global scaling and who have begun works to build new infrastructure and software to improve the transactional capacity of the network. BitcoinSV is currently the predominant mining client used by Miners on the Bitcoin network to mine blocks that extend the original Bitcoin ledger.

Bitcoin V1.0 and the return to Genesis

Since the release of the BitcoinSV node client, Bitcoin has undergone a series of upgrades which have removed limits that have impacted the network's throughput and re-enabled features that had been disabled or removed.

In February 2020, the Bitcoin network underwent the Genesis upgrade, which removed all remaining limitations on the Bitcoin protocol in favour of Miner-configurable setting allowing boundaries to be determined by economics and technical capability. The removed consensus rules included, limits on transaction size, script size, multi-signature usage, block size and more. The full list of changes is available here.

The Bitcoin network is the highest performing public ledger network in the world.