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2. History of bitcoin - Wikipedia

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   Number of bitcoin transactions per month (logarithmic scale) Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, a digital asset that uses cryptography to control its creation and management rather than relying on central authorities. [1] Originally designed as a medium of exchange, Bitcoin is now primarily regarded as a store of value.

3. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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   Bitcoin (abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Nodes in the peer-to-peer bitcoin network verify transactions through cryptography and record them in a public distributed ledger , called a blockchain , without central oversight.

4. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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   Cryptocurrency. A logo for Bitcoin, the first decentralized cryptocurrency. The genesis block of Bitcoin's blockchain, with a note containing The Times newspaper headline. This note has been interpreted as a comment on the instability caused by fractional-reserve banking. [1] : 18.

5. List of bitcoin forks - Wikipedia

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   The following is a list of notable hard forks splitting bitcoin by date and/or block: Bitcoin SV: Forked at block 556766, 15 November 2018, for each Bitcoin Cash (BCH), an owner got 1 Bitcoin SV (BSV). eCash: Forked at block 661648, 15 November 2020, for each Bitcoin Cash (BCH), an owner got 1,000,000 eCash (XEC).

6. List of cryptocurrencies - Wikipedia

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   A bitcoin -based currency featuring instant transactions, decentralized governance and budgeting, and private transactions. China based cryptocurrency, formerly ANT Shares and ANT Coins. The names were changed in 2017 to NEO and GAS. The underlying software is derived from that of another cryptocurrency, ZetaCoin.

7. Tether (cryptocurrency) - Wikipedia

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   Tether (often referred to by its currency codes, USD₮ and USDT, among others) is a cryptocurrency stablecoin, launched by the company Tether Limited Inc. in 2014. [3] Though it has never been audited to international accounting standards, as of May 1, 2024, Tether says it has excess reserves of $6.3 billion after reporting $4.52 billion of profit in the first quarter of 2024. [4]

8. ISO 4217 - Wikipedia

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   ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individual currencies and their minor units. This data is published in three tables: [ 1]

9. Legality of cryptocurrency by country or territory - Wikipedia

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   They underlined that virtual currencies (including bitcoin): (1) are not issued or guaranteed by the central bank, (2) are not money, i.e. they are neither legal tender nor currency, (3) can not be used to pay tax liabilities, (4) do not meet the criterion of universal acceptability in shopping and service points, (5) are not electronic money ...