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'''Bitcoin''' is a [[digital currency]] created in 2009 by [[Satoshi Nakamoto]].  It is also the name of the open source software designed in order to use this currency.
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'''[[Bitcoin]]''' is a decentralized [[digital currency]] that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority: [[transaction|transaction management]] and [[controlled supply|money issuance]] are carried out collectively by the network.  
  
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.
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The original Bitcoin software by [[Satoshi Nakamoto]] was released under the MIT license.
:''Sourced from [[wikipedia:Bitcoin|Wikipedia]].''
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Most client software, derived or "from scratch", also use open source licensing.
  
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Bitcoin is the first successful implementation of a ''distributed crypto-currency'', described in part 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.
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* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.5.2/bitcoin-0.5.2-win32-setup.exe/download '''Windows (exe)'''] [http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.5.2/bitcoin-0.5.2-win32.zip/download '''(zip)'''] 8.7 MB
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Bitcoins have all the desirable properties of a money-like good. They are portable, durable, divisible, recognizable, fungible, scarce and difficult to counterfeit.  
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.5.2/bitcoin-0.5.2-linux.tar.gz/download '''GNU/Linux'''] 9.3 MB
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* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.5.2/bitcoin-0.5.2-macosx.dmg/download '''Mac OS X'''] 14.6 MB
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Latest revision as of 12:21, 20 November 2017

Bitcoin usage worldwide.

Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority: transaction management and money issuance 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 the first successful implementation of a distributed crypto-currency, described in part 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.

Bitcoins have all the desirable properties of a money-like good. They are portable, durable, divisible, recognizable, fungible, scarce and difficult to counterfeit.