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<h1>Bitcoin <small>P2P Digital Currency</small></h1>
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Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer digital currency <a href="bitcoin.pdf">created in 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto</a>.
Peer-to-peer means that no central authority issues new money or manages transactions&mdash;these tasks are carried out collectively by the network.
It is also the name of the open source software designed in order to use this currency.
Bitcoin is new digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone in the world at virtually no
cost.
Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority meaning managing transactions and issuing money are tasks that are carried out <a href="bitcoin.pdf">collectively by the network</a>.
Bitcoin is also the name of the open source software developed in order to use this currency.
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<p>The <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Original_Bitcoin_client">software</a> is a community-driven open source project, released under the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/MIT/">MIT license</a>.</p>
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