Bitcoin
The first working cryptocurrency and blockchain, introduced in 2008 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto as "peer-to-peer electronic cash" that needs no bank or central authority. Written with a capital "B," Bitcoin usually refers to the network and system; lowercase "bitcoin" refers to the currency unit itself.
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