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   Pearl in an hour

   The whole story in plain English: ledger, keys, blocks and matrix mining. No hex.

   • Beginner
   • ≈ 53 min

   13 pages Start the path “Pearl in an hour”

   1. 01 How does Pearl work? 5 min
   2. 02 The network 4 min
   3. 03 Transactions 4 min
   4. 04 Blocks and the chain 5 min
   5. 05 Mining 4 min
   6. 06 Matrix math, the work AI runs on 4 min
   7. 07 Proving the work 5 min
   8. 08 The 194-second heartbeat 4 min
   9. 09 Where new PRL comes from 3 min
   10. 10 Keys and addresses 4 min
   11. 11 Wallets and the 12 words 5 min
   12. 12 Quantum safety 4 min
   13. 13 Where to go next 2 min
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   Bytes to blocks

   From hex digits to a full transaction and the 108-byte header, byte by byte.

   • Intermediate
   • ≈ 1 h 30 min

   24 pages Start the path “Bytes to blocks”

   1. 01 Bytes & numbers 2 min
   2. 02 Hexadecimal 3 min
   3. 03 Bytes 4 min
   4. 04 Byte order 4 min
   5. 05 CompactSize 3 min
   6. 06 Transaction 4 min
   7. 07 Inputs 4 min
   8. 08 Outputs 3 min
   9. 09 Witness 4 min
   10. 10 TXID 3 min
   11. 11 Locktime and sequence 4 min
   12. 12 Fees and vsize 4 min
   13. 13 UTXO 3 min
   14. 14 Coinbase transaction 4 min
   15. 15 Sighash 4 min
   16. 16 Blocks 4 min
   17. 17 Version 4 min
   18. 18 Previous block 4 min
   19. 19 Merkle root 4 min
   20. 20 Time 3 min
   21. 21 Bits 4 min
   22. 22 Proof commitment 4 min
   23. 23 Block hash 4 min
   24. 24 Certificate 5 min
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   Keys and coins

   From a random number to an address and a signed spend, and the post-quantum option.

   • Intermediate
   • ≈ 51 min

   13 pages Start the path “Keys and coins”

   1. 01 Keys & addresses 2 min
   2. 02 Private key 4 min
   3. 03 Public key 4 min
   4. 04 Taproot tweak 4 min
   5. 05 Address 4 min
   6. 06 Bech32m 4 min
   7. 07 Mnemonic and seed 4 min
   8. 08 Extended keys 4 min
   9. 09 Derivation paths 4 min
   10. 10 Sighash 4 min
   11. 11 P2TR 4 min
   12. 12 P2MR 4 min
   13. 13 XMSS 5 min
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   The useful work

   Matrix math, tickets and the target, the 194-second rhythm and where new PRL comes from.

   • Intermediate
   • ≈ 1 h 50 min

   23 pages Start the path “The useful work”

   1. 01 Matrix math 2 min
   2. 02 Matrices 5 min
   3. 03 Matrix multiplication 4 min
   4. 04 Integers and quantization 4 min
   5. 05 Rank and noise 6 min
   6. 06 GPUs and tiles 4 min
   7. 07 Cheap verification 4 min
   8. 08 Mining 4 min
   9. 09 The puzzle 9 min
   10. 10 Noise seeds 6 min
   11. 11 Tickets and target 6 min
   12. 12 The certificate 6 min
   13. 13 Rank penalty 5 min
   14. 14 Useful output 6 min
   15. 15 Hashrate 4 min
   16. 16 Pools 5 min
   17. 17 Target and difficulty 4 min
   18. 18 WTEMA 7 min
   19. 19 Timestamps 5 min
   20. 20 Chain work 4 min
   21. 21 Emission 4 min
   22. 22 Block reward 4 min
   23. 23 Supply and grains 3 min
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   Proofs and trust

   Why anyone can check a block in milliseconds without redoing the work.

   • Advanced
   • ≈ 23 min

   5 pages Start the path “Proofs and trust”

   1. 01 Hash functions 4 min
   2. 02 Merkle trees 4 min
   3. 03 Zero-knowledge proofs 5 min
   4. 04 Cheap verification 4 min
   5. 05 The certificate 6 min
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   Script smith

   The tiny language that locks every coin: opcodes, Taproot, P2MR and OP_RETURN.

   • Advanced
   • ≈ 24 min

   6 pages Start the path “Script smith”

   1. 01 Script 4 min
   2. 02 Opcodes 4 min
   3. 03 P2TR 4 min
   4. 04 P2MR 4 min
   5. 05 OP_RETURN 4 min
   6. 06 OP_CHECKXMSSSIG 4 min

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