Bitcoin Code Review: How C++ Powers The Biggest Cryptocurrency | SkillsCast

C++ powers the majority of this tech, with most of the crypto coin software written in it. We will concentrate on the oldest coin and the one that started it all: Bitcoin.

Originally written in 2009 by the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto, the source code of the official Bitcoin Core client has evolved and it’s being actively maintained. We will take a look at how it’s structured, some of the design choices, bespoke data structures and its idiomatic use of C++. With such a long history of dev, we are bound to find some interesting details, and observe as well how it reflects C++’s own trajectory over time. We will also quickly contrast Bitcoin source code with other relatively newer currencies like Ripple and Ethereum.

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