Name : bitcoin Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 0.9.3 Vendor: ALT Linux Team Release : alt1.rc1.1.1 Build Date: Sun Jun 14 09:10:51 2015 Install date: (not installed) Build Host: glebfm-sisyphus.hasher.altlinux.org Group : Networking/Other Source RPM: (none) Size : 17575683 License: MIT Packager : Gleb Fotengauer-Malinovskiy URL : http://www.bitcoin.org/ Summary : peer-to-peer network based anonymous digital currency Description : Q. What is Bitcoin? A. Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer currency. Peer-to-peer means that no central authority issues new money or tracks transactions. These tasks are managed collectively by the network. Q. How does Bitcoin work? A. Bitcoin utilises public-key cryptography. A coin contains the owner's public key. When a coin is transferred from user A to user B, A adds B's public key to the coin, and the coin is signed using A's private key. B now owns the coin and can transfer it further. A is prevented from transferring the already spent coin to other users because a public list of all previous transactions is collectively maintained by the network. Before each transaction the coin's validity will be checked.