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Bitcoin

LC control no.sh2015000075
Topical headingBitcoin
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See alsoCryptocurrencies
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Found inWork cat: 2014427360: Regulation of Bitcoin in selected jurisdictions, 2014.
Wikipedia, viewed Jan. 12, 2015 (Bitcoin is an online payment system invented by Satoshi Nakamoto, who published his invention in 2008, and released as open-source software in 2009. The system is peer-to-peer; users can transact directly without needing an intermediary. Transactions are verified by network nodes and recorded in a public distributed ledger called the block chain. The ledger uses its own unit of account, also called bitcoin)
Wikipedia, viewed May 24, 2018 (Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency)