Probably too basic for original poster but this post by Michael Nielsen helped me with the basics of the bitcoin protocol. http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/ho

Probably too basic for original poster but this post by Michael Nielsen helped me with the basics of the bitcoin protocol. http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/how-the-bitcoin-protocol-actually-works/ http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/how-the-bitcoin-protocol-a...