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The session aims to dissect the core of Bitcoin’s technology—the consensus mechanism—suitable for an audience comprising programmers, computer science experts, and newcomers alike. The speaker emphasizes that Bitcoin is not a single innovation but an architecture built by combining several technologies from the '70s, '80s, and '90s. The crux is how these components interact—cryptography, game theory, and network protocols—forming a dynamic, economically influenced system.