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The more basic article on Bitcoin Addresses may be more appropriate. A Bitcoin address is a 160-bit hash of the public portion of a public/private ECDSA keypair. Using public-key cryptography, you can sign data with your private key and anyone who knows your public key can verify that the signature is valid.
There are several solutions in the market, but the three of the most popular are Bitcoin Core, Bitcoin Wallet and Coinbase. Bitcoin Core (formerly known as Bitcoin-Qt) is the original Bitcoin peer-to-peer open source software created by the networkâs founder Satoshi Nakamoto. It is the core of the Bitcoin system and anybody can download it for free to their desktops. It contains the public ledger that lists every Bitcoin transaction in the system. When installed it turns your computer into a node in the Bitcoin Network. Bitcoin Wallet is what is called a âthin clientâ.