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2. History of bitcoin - Wikipedia

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   Prior to the release of bitcoin, there were a number of digital cash technologies, starting with the issuer-based ecash protocols of David Chaum and Stefan Brands. [3] [4] [5] The idea that solutions to computational puzzles could have some value was first proposed by cryptographers Cynthia Dwork and Moni Naor in 1992.

3. Satoshi Nakamoto - Wikipedia

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   Satoshi Nakamoto message embedded in the coinbase of the first block. Nakamoto said that the work of writing bitcoin's code began in the second quarter of 2007. [9] On 18 August 2008, he or a colleague registered the domain name bitcoin.org, [10] and created a web site at that address.

4. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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   Bitcoin (abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Based on a free-market ideology, bitcoin was invented in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto, an unknown person. [5] Use of bitcoin as a currency began in 2009, [6] with the release of its open-source implementation. [7]: ch. 1 In 2021, El Salvador adopted it as legal tender ...

5. Bitcoin: Breaking Down the History (& Controversy) - AOL

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   In 2009, Bitcoin (BTC) was created, becoming the first truly decentralized cryptocurrency. On May 22, 2010, known as Bitcoin Pizza Day, Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 Bitcoin for two Papa John’s ...

6. Hunt for Bitcoin's elusive creator Satoshi Nakamoto hits ...

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   Bitcoin underpins a two trillion-dollar cryptocurrency ... I am Satoshi Nakamoto and I created the Bitcoin on Blockchain technology.” ... whose personal agenda could influence the protocol," she ...

7. What Is the Bitcoin White Paper? - AOL

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   Before Bitcoin became the first cryptocurrency, it was just an idea outlined in a white paper by an author who went by the pen name of Satoshi Nakamoto. Nakamoto's vision was of a decentralized...

8. Bitcoin protocol - Wikipedia

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   A diagram of a bitcoin transfer. The bitcoin protocol is the set of rules that govern the functioning of bitcoin.Its key components and principles are: a peer-to-peer decentralized network with no central oversight; the blockchain technology, a public ledger that records all bitcoin transactions; mining and proof of work, the process to create new bitcoins and verify transactions; and ...

9. Who Created Bitcoin? A New Documentary Claims to Have ... - AOL

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   The true identity of the cryptocurrency's founder, "Satoshi Nakamoto," has possibly been revealed in the HBO documentary 'Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery'