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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.   
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.
It was launched in 2009.
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==
==See also==
*[[Cryptocurrency]]


* [[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]


==Other links==
[[Category:The_business_context]]
*[http://www.chicagofed.org/digital_assets/publications/chicago_fed_letter/2013/cfldecember2013_317.pdf?goback=%2Egde_1799642_member_5805378057078321153#%21 Bitcoin: a primer,  Chicago Fed Dec 2013]

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


Other resource