A cryptocurrency is a digital coin, designed to be transferred between people in virtual transactions.

Crypto currency exist only as data and not as physical objects; you cannot actually hold a Bitcoin in your hand or keep Ethereum in your safe.

Owning a Bitcoin means you have the collective agreement of each and every computer on the Bitcoin network that it is currently owned by you and – more importantly – that it was legitimately created by a miner.

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