# BITCOIN

By [rana](https://paragraph.com/@rana-2) · 2023-03-23

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Bitcoin is a digital currency which [operates free of any central control](https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22730384-100-blockchain-startups-promises-a-world-where-no-one-is-in-charge/) or the oversight of banks or governments. Instead it relies on peer-to-peer software and cryptography.

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*Originally published on [rana](https://paragraph.com/@rana-2/bitcoin)*