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2. 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 ...

3. 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.

4. 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.

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. Who Invented Bitcoin? HBO Documentary ‘Money Electric ... - AOL

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   Who invented Bitcoin? That question has become a captivating mystery for the digital age along the lines of whatever happened to D.B. Cooper or who was Deep Throat in the Watergate scandal ...

7. Explainer: What common cryptocurrency terms mean - AOL

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   For example, Bitcoin was created to enable money transfers, ... DeFi — short for decentralized finance — is a financial system based on peer-to-peer payments through blockchain technology. Via ...

8. Wikipedia:WikiProject Bitcoin/Article Quality/WIP Articles ...

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   On 12 March 2013, a Bitcoin miner running version 0.8.0 of the Bitcoin software created a large block that was incompatible with earlier versions of the Bitcoin software because of its size. This created a split or "fork" in the block chain since older versions of the software did not accept this block as valid.

9. Bitcoin values hit record highs. Should you invest in ... - AOL

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   Bitcoin is a digital asset, launched in 2009 by a person or group known as Satoshi Nakamoto and designed to have a cap of 21 million bitcoin tokens. Bitcoin is created as crypto miners use their ...