# BITCOIN HISTORY

By [Kunal P](https://paragraph.com/@kunalpawaskar) · 2022-08-25

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**Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency created in 2009**. Marketplaces called “bitcoin exchanges” allow people to buy or sell bitcoins using different currencies. Bitcoin is a new currency that was created in 2009 by an unknown person using the alias Satoshi Nakamoto. Transactions are made with no middle men – meaning, no banks!

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*Originally published on [Kunal P](https://paragraph.com/@kunalpawaskar/bitcoin-history)*