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Bitcoin
September 23, 2024 • Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin and the Bitcoin network
Bitcoin is an open-source, public, secure crypto-currency. It runs on its own network – a fully decentralized blockchain system, without a central bank, or a single administrator. That means that the majority of the network participants decide how the network functions and develops, instead of a single authority. We refer to it as “Bitcoin network”.