From c036ddd6dc2132d4c273550f162e00d1faf96cf0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Sterry <david@sterryit.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 09:44:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] reworked first paragraph

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               <div class="span11 primarybox">
                 <h1>Bitcoin <small>P2P Digital Currency</small></h1>
                 <p>
-                  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.
                 </p>
                 <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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