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Bitcoin and Blockchain Basics
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- Bitcoin introduced the world to cryptocurrency as a decentralized digital form of money.
- Operating on a peer-to-peer network secured by Proof of Work, it caps total supply at 21 million coins.
- Its primary innovation proved that a global network can execute and record value transfers transparently without trusting a central government, bank, or single corporate entity.
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