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[[Image:Bitcoin world map.png|left|200px|Bitcoin usage worldwide.]] | [[Image:Bitcoin world map.png|left|200px|Bitcoin usage worldwide.]] | ||
'''Bitcoin''' is | '''Bitcoin''' is an experimental new [[digital currency]] that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network. | ||
The original Bitcoin software by [[Satoshi Nakamoto]] was released under the MIT license. | The original Bitcoin software by [[Satoshi Nakamoto]] was released under the MIT license. | ||
Most client software, derived or "from scratch", also use open source licensing. | Most client software, derived or "from scratch", also use open source licensing. | ||
Bitcoin is one of the first implementations of a concept called ''crypto-currency'' which was first described in 1998 by Wei Dai on the cypherpunks mailing list. Building upon the notion that money is any object, or any sort of record, accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given country or socio-economic context, Bitcoin is designed around the idea of using cryptography to control the creation and transfer of money, rather than relying on central authorities. | Bitcoin is one of the first implementations of a concept called ''crypto-currency'' which was first described in 1998 by Wei Dai on the cypherpunks mailing list. Building upon the notion that money is any object, or any sort of record, accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given country or socio-economic context, Bitcoin is designed around the idea of using cryptography to control the creation and transfer of money, rather than relying on central authorities. | ||
:''Sourced from [http://bitcoin.org Bitcoin.org] and [[wikipedia:Bitcoin|Wikipedia]].'' | :''Sourced from [http://bitcoin.org Bitcoin.org] and [[wikipedia:Bitcoin|Wikipedia]].'' | ||
Revision as of 12:26, 14 December 2012
Bitcoin is an experimental new digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network.
The original Bitcoin software by Satoshi Nakamoto was released under the MIT license. Most client software, derived or "from scratch", also use open source licensing.
Bitcoin is one of the first implementations of a concept called crypto-currency which was first described in 1998 by Wei Dai on the cypherpunks mailing list. Building upon the notion that money is any object, or any sort of record, accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given country or socio-economic context, Bitcoin is designed around the idea of using cryptography to control the creation and transfer of money, rather than relying on central authorities.
- Sourced from Bitcoin.org and Wikipedia.
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