Kevin --

I apologize for missing your comment earlier! If you're curious about Bitcoin, you could do a lot worse than reading the original academic paper [https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf] that spells out the mechanics of the system. This explainer [https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-explained-five-year-old/] --in theory aimed at explaining bitcoin to a five year old--may also be of some value.

Hope that helps! Thanks very much for reading.

Will