There they found a cozy den, hidden among some fallen branches of the Bitcoin Tree. Snow showed Sam and Cam a computer filled with lines of code. She explained that they ran the same copy of Bitcoin's software as other Creatures in the Forest, and that they were connected to all the Creatures in all the Forests. The software contained the blockchain and all of its proven transactions.

“We run a Node here in our den that is an active participant of the Bitcoin Network’s Peer to Peer Protocol. We are directly connected to other Creatures’ Nodes throughout the Forest here, and the Forests Far Away. I’m sure Remy has told you all about how the Creatures ‘have to agree’ for something to be final. This is what that means! Each node verifies every transaction and every block. The more nodes that run, the more secure the network.”