But how does bitcoin actually work?

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签名回答某笔付款有没有得到授权，却不能单独裁定两条互斥历史的先后。比特币的工作量和区块链接额外给出了选择有效历史的规则。

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each one of those lines on the ledger requires a completely new signature

the one with the most work put into it