1\mainpage notitle 2 3\section intro_sec Introduction 4 5This is the developer documentation of the reference client for an experimental new digital currency called Bitcoin, 6which enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate 7with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network. 8 9The software is a community-driven open source project, released under the MIT license. 10 11See https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin and https://bitcoincore.org/ for further information about the project. 12 13\section Navigation 14Use <a href="modules.html"><code>Modules</code></a>, <a href="namespaces.html"><code>Namespaces</code></a>, <a href="classes.html"><code>Classes</code></a>, or <a href="files.html"><code>Files</code></a> at the top of the page to start navigating the code. 15 16