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Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses cryptography to control its creation and superintendency, rather than leaning on central authorities. (1) It was contrived and enforced by the presumed pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, who integrated multitudinous living ideas from the cypherpunk community. Over the course of bitcoin's history, it has tasted whirlwind growth to turn a significant currency both on - and offline. From the intermediary 2010s, some businesses began accepting bitcoin in addition to traditional currencies.