Bitcoin, Blockchain & Distributed Ledgers: Caught Between Promise & Reality

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Bitcoin, Blockchain & Distributed Ledgers: Caught Between Promise & Reality

Blockchain’s genesis in Bitcoin: in October 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto proposed a combined digital asset and peer- to-peer payments system in his paper, Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System. The first Bitcoin was minted on January 4th 2009, the first payment occurred on January 11th, and the software was released as open source on the 15th, enabling anyone with the required technical skills to get involved.