Bitcoin is…
- A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (the creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto)
- the first blockchain
- a timestamp
- digital gold
- a cryptocurrency
- a protocol (similar to TCP/IP)
- a new financial infrastructure
- The Internet of Money (Andreas M. Antonopoulos)
- the native currency of the internet (Jack Dorsey, Block CEO)
- a monetary network that is open, global, inclusive to all, and only requires an internet connection (Jack Mallers, Strike CEO)
- digital property (Michael Saylor)
- A Multi-Faceted Revolution (Sylvain Saurel)
- Hope (Robert Breedlove)
- the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO)
- money that is separated from the State (Alex Gladstein, Human Rights Foundation)
- humanity’s greatest invention (Jeff Booth)
- digital scarcity (Gigi)
- a tool for ‘Peaceful Revolution’ (Jimmy Song)
- refugee money, decolonial money, peace money (Alex Gladstein)
- an apolitical money
- freedom money
- layered money (Nik Bhatia)
Our understanding of Bitcoin is evolving.
What is Bitcoin?
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history of digital cash and bitcoin
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