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Case 76: Silk Road (Part 1)

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Bitcoin, a Decentralized Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin is a decentralized cryptocurrency, a digital currency that exists only online. Satoshi Nakamoto wanted to get the banks and the government out of the way so that people could freely make transfers of money with one another. He started working on the creation of Bitcoin in 2007 at the same time as Ross was having these discussions with Ardo about the deep web.

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