# A from-scratch tour of Bitcoin in Python

<https://karpathy.github.io/2021/06/21/blockchain/>

- Host: [karpathy.github.io](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/karpathy.github.io/)
- Saved: June 24, 2021 (2021-06-25T02:15:15Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/54e868340b1c/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/54e868340b1c.json

## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

"We are going to create, digitally sign, and broadcast a Bitcoin transaction in pure Python, from scratch, and with zero dependencies." Buckle up! 💺

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT192: Weekly Thing #192 / Endemic, Solidify, Zsync](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/192/), Briefly

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## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://karpathy.github.io/2021/06/21/blockchain/