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2. Bitcoin May Not Be as Decentralized as You Think. Why ... - AOL

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   Greater centralization of the Bitcoin network may be required if Bitcoin is ever going to tip into the mainstream. Bitcoin May Not Be as Decentralized as You Think. Why That's a Good Thing.

3. 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 ...

4. Explainer: What common cryptocurrency terms mean - AOL

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   Common symbol for the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. Centralized exchange. ... Decentralized exchange. A type of crypto exchange that operates without a central authority. Decentralized finance (DeFi)

5. Digital currency - Wikipedia

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   In 2009, bitcoin was launched, which marked the start of decentralized blockchain-based digital currencies with no central server, and no tangible assets held in reserve. Also known as cryptocurrencies, blockchain-based digital currencies proved resistant to attempt by government to regulate them, because there was no central organization or ...

6. Decentralized finance - Wikipedia

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   A decentralized exchange can still have centralized components, whereby some control of the exchange is still in the hands of a central authority. The governance of a DeFi platform, typically as part of a Decentralized Autonomous Organization, is done through tokens that grant voting rights and are distributed amongst participants. However, the ...

7. Virtual currency - Wikipedia

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   FinCEN defined centralized virtual currencies in 2013 as virtual currencies that have a "centralized repository", similar to a central bank, and a "central administrator". A decentralized currency was defined by the US Department of Treasury as a "currency (1) that has no central repository and no single administrator, and (2) that persons may ...

8. The next phase of DeFi: Fintechs and exchanges will ... - AOL

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   Centralized exchanges, like Coinbase and Binance, have offered debit cards while more fintech companies, like Revolut and Robinhood, are building or acquiring crypto onramps and exchanges. This ...

9. Distributed ledger - Wikipedia

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   The most common form of distributed ledger technology is the blockchain [citation needed] (commonly associated with the bitcoin cryptocurrency), which can either be on a public or private network. Infrastructure for data management is a common barrier to implementing DLT.