Guinness World Records (GWR) has given Bitcoin (BTC) recognition as the first decentralized cryptocurrency.
The franchise, which has been documenting record-breaking facts and achievements since 1955, traces the origin of Bitcoin to the Cypherpunks, an online community formed in 1992 whose members first discussed the concept of cryptography-based digital currency.
GWR also names Satoshi Nakamoto, believed to be involved with the Cypherpunks community, as the pseudonymous creator of the oldest cryptocurrency.
Nakamoto first described Bitcoin in a white paper published online on August 18, 2008.
“A working implementation of the concept was completed by 3 January 2009, when Nakamoto mined the first block on the blockchain, and the open-source client was released to the public on 9 January 2009.”
The globally-recognized authority of world records says Bitcoin was developed to address the challenge of regulating a digital currency without the need for a centralized organization or...
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