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Bitcoin & Blockchain
Satoshi Nakamoto's 2008 paper describes a digital currency kept honest by a public ledger of linked blocks that no single party controls.
Open in the interactive tree →Bitcoin combines digital signatures, hashing and a peer-to-peer network to prevent double-spending without a central bank. It started a new class of crypto assets and a regulatory debate.
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- Crypto & Stablecoin Rules2024-2026Crypto-asset regulation responds to Bitcoin and its successors