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  2. Virtual currency law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    United States virtual currency law is financial regulation as applied to transactions in virtual currency in the U.S. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has regulated and may continue to regulate virtual currencies as commodities. [1] [2] The Securities and Exchange Commission also requires registration of any virtual currency traded in ...

  3. List of bitcoin forks - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of notable hard forks splitting bitcoin by date and/or block: Bitcoin SV: Forked at block 556766, 15 November 2018, for each Bitcoin Cash (BCH), an owner got 1 Bitcoin SV (BSV). eCash: Forked at block 661648, 15 November 2020, for each Bitcoin Cash (BCH), an owner got 1,000,000 eCash (XEC).

  4. Digital currency - Wikipedia

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    Digital currency. Digital currency ( digital money, electronic money or electronic currency) is any currency, money, or money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on digital computer systems, especially over the internet. Types of digital currencies include cryptocurrency, virtual currency and central bank digital currency.

  5. Virtual currency - Wikipedia

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    Virtual currency. Virtual currency, or virtual money, is a digital currency that is largely unregulated, issued and usually controlled by its developers, and used and accepted electronically among the members of a specific virtual community. [1] In 2014, the European Banking Authority defined virtual currency as "a digital representation of ...

  6. List of cryptocurrencies - Wikipedia

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    A bitcoin -based currency featuring instant transactions, decentralized governance and budgeting, and private transactions. China based cryptocurrency, formerly ANT Shares and ANT Coins. The names were changed in 2017 to NEO and GAS. The underlying software is derived from that of another cryptocurrency, ZetaCoin.

  7. Hal Finney (computer scientist) - Wikipedia

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    Harold Thomas Finney II (May 4, 1956 – August 28, 2014) was an American software developer. In his early career, he was credited as lead developer on several console games. He later worked for PGP Corporation. He was an early Bitcoin contributor, and received the first Bitcoin transaction from the currency's creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

  8. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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    The domain name bitcoin.org was registered on 18 August 2008. On 31 October 2008, a link to a white paper authored by Satoshi Nakamoto titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System was posted to a cryptography mailing list. Nakamoto implemented the bitcoin software as open-source code and released it in January 2009.

  9. Bitcoin Cash - Wikipedia

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    Bitcoin Cash Denominations Code BCH Precision 10 −8 Development Implementation(s) Bitcoin Unlimited Latest release 1.9.1 / 17 February 2021 ; 3 years ago (2021-02-17) Development status Active Project fork of Bitcoin Ledger Ledger start 3 January 2009 (15 years ago) (2009-01-03) : ch. 35 Split height #478559 / 1 August 2017 (6 years ago) (2017-08-01) Split from Bitcoin Split ratio 1:1 ...