Bitcoin

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title: Bitcoin
text: Bitcoin 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. Consensus between nodes is achieved using a computationally intensive process based on proof of work, called mining, that guarantees the security of the bitcoin blockchain. Mining consumes large quantities of electricity and has been criticized for its environmental imp
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description: Decentralized digital currency
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
date created: 2009-03-08T16:41:07Z
date modified: 2024-08-29T06:28:59Z
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