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===Other resources===
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*[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]
* [https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/research/digital-currencies Bank of England - Digital currencies]
* [https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/research/digital-currencies Bank of England - Digital currencies]


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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.


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