Authentication and key distribution in bitcoin

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After going through the bitcoin protocol documentation it is still unclear to me how the bitcoin client is authenticated. Where can I find an overview of what the client sends and receives on the wire during authentication?

Sebi

Posted 2015-06-09T13:07:56.523

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There is no "authentication" in bitcoin protocol. It is not encrypted also.

You can use wireshark to investigate handshake packets

amaclin

Posted 2015-06-09T13:07:56.523

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That is what I basically wanted to know. – Sebi – 2015-06-09T13:16:24.183

See http://www.righto.com/2014/02/bitcoins-hard-way-using-raw-bitcoin.html

– Wizard Of Ozzie – 2015-06-10T04:59:00.010

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