Bitcoin paper

What Satoshi meant by 'nodes'?

Annotated copy of the original paper by Satoshi Nakamoto

full-node
miner +

Annotations in Blue: Use of the word 'node' that is compatible with computers running either the full-node mode of the software (default configuration) or the miner mode (User configuration required)

Appearances: 14
miner +

Annotations in Yellow: Use of the word 'node' that is only compatible with the mining mode.

Appearances: 24

Underlined in red are clues in the text that serve to identify whether the term applies to only miners, or otherwise to both miners and full verification nodes.


Discussion thread. genesis tweet: https://twitter.com/KatlasC/status/1581325614744674304