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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Altcoin]] | |||
* [[Altcoin]] | |||
*[[Bit]] | *[[Bit]] | ||
* [[Bitcoin]] | |||
*[[Blockchain]] | *[[Blockchain]] | ||
*[[Britcoin]] | *[[Britcoin]] | ||
*[[ | * [[Blockchain Governance Initiative Network]] (BGIN) | ||
*[[Cryptocurrency]] | * [[Centralised finance]] | ||
* [[Coin]] | |||
* [[Crypto-assets]] | |||
* [[Cryptocurrency]] | |||
* [[Daisy chain]] | |||
* [[Data]] | |||
* [[Database]] | |||
* [[Decentralised finance]] (DeFi) | |||
* [[Digital asset]] | |||
* [[Digital currency]] | * [[Digital currency]] | ||
* [[Distributed ledger]] | |||
* [[ekrona]] | * [[ekrona]] | ||
*[[ | * [[Ether]] | ||
*[[Ethereum]] | * [[Ethereum]] | ||
*[[ | * [[Fintech]] | ||
*[[Layer 1 network]] | * [[Layer 1 network]] | ||
*[[ | * [[Layer 2 network]] | ||
*[[ | * [[Non-fungible token]] | ||
* [[Payments and payment systems]] | |||
* [[Platform]] | |||
* [[Ripple payment protocol]] | |||
* [[Smart contract]] | |||
* [[Stablecoin]] | |||
* [[SWIFT gpi]] | |||
* [[Token]] | |||
* [[TradFi]] | |||
Revision as of 19:29, 21 July 2022
(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
- Bitcoin
- 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
