user48433: Where can I find a comprehensive description of exactly how Bitcoin works. I'm not interested in an analogy, I want to know everything, including the maths.

user9822: Three resources:

The Bitcoin white paper.
The reference implementation.
The Bitcoin improvement proposals.


48433: <p>Where can I find a comprehensive description of exactly how Bitcoin works. I'm not interested in an analogy, I want to know everything, including the maths.</p>
 9822: <p>Three resources:</p>

<ol>
<li>The Bitcoin <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-paper" rel="nofollow noreferrer">white paper</a>.</li>
<li>The <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">reference implementation</a>.</li>
<li>The <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bitcoin improvement proposals</a>.</li>
</ol>
