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(BTC). | |||
Bitcoin is a digital currency that is created, and effectively administered without recourse to a central bank or other central authority. | |||
==Other | It was launched in 2009. | ||
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Bitcoin is sometimes abbreviated to 'BC', rather than BTC. | |||
:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Environmental costs & macroeconomic instability'''''</span> | |||
:"From 7 September 2021 bitcoin [became] legal tender in El Salvador despite warnings from the IMF and the World Bank citing the potential impact on macroeconomic stability and bitcoin’s environmental costs." | |||
:''Association of Corporate Treasurers - Update on the Payments landscape - September 2021.'' | |||
==See also== | |||
* [[Altcoin]] | |||
*[[Bit]] | |||
*[[Blockchain]] | |||
*[[Britcoin]] | |||
* [[Blockchain Governance Initiative Network]] (BGIN) | |||
* [[Centralised finance]] | |||
* [[Coin]] | |||
* [[Crypto-assets]] | |||
* [[Cryptocurrency]] | |||
* [[Daisy chain]] | |||
* [[Data]] | |||
* [[Database]] | |||
* [[Decentralised finance]] (DeFi) | |||
* [[Digital asset]] | |||
* [[Digital currency]] | |||
* [[Distributed ledger]] | |||
* [[ekrona]] | |||
* [[Ether]] | |||
* [[Ethereum]] | |||
* [[Fintech]] | |||
* [[Layer 1 network]] | |||
* [[Layer 2 network]] | |||
* [[Non-fungible token]] | |||
* [[Payments and payment systems]] | |||
* [[Platform]] | |||
* [[Ripple payment protocol]] | |||
* [[Smart contract]] | |||
* [[Stablecoin]] | |||
* [[SWIFT gpi]] | |||
* [[Token]] | |||
* [[TradFi]] | |||
==Other resource== | |||
* [https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/research/digital-currencies Bank of England - Digital currencies] | |||
[[Category:The_business_context]] | |||
Latest revision as of 13:50, 20 January 2024
(BTC).
Bitcoin is a digital currency that is created, and effectively administered without recourse to a central bank or other central authority.
It was launched in 2009.
Bitcoin is sometimes abbreviated to 'BC', rather than BTC.
- Environmental costs & macroeconomic instability
- "From 7 September 2021 bitcoin [became] legal tender in El Salvador despite warnings from the IMF and the World Bank citing the potential impact on macroeconomic stability and bitcoin’s environmental costs."
- Association of Corporate Treasurers - Update on the Payments landscape - September 2021.
See also
- Altcoin
- Bit
- Blockchain
- Britcoin
- Blockchain Governance Initiative Network (BGIN)
- Centralised finance
- Coin
- Crypto-assets
- Cryptocurrency
- Daisy chain
- Data
- Database
- Decentralised finance (DeFi)
- Digital asset
- Digital currency
- Distributed ledger
- ekrona
- Ether
- Ethereum
- Fintech
- Layer 1 network
- Layer 2 network
- Non-fungible token
- Payments and payment systems
- Platform
- Ripple payment protocol
- Smart contract
- Stablecoin
- SWIFT gpi
- Token
- TradFi
