Peer-to-Peer Network Architecture
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Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer network built on top of the internet. In the early days of Bitcoin the network had a flat topological structure, where users were capable of running full nodes which performed all Bitcoin functions (transaction creation, validation and mining) bitcoinv0.1. However, as the network has grown, the requirements needed to perform different functions on the network have evolved and nodes have become more specialized.