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Bitcoin solves the Byzantine Generals Problem

If the Byzantine Generals problem sounds familiar to you, it might be because Bitcoin relies on a solution to exactly this problem to verify the authenticity of transactions and bitcoins. A mysterious programmer (or group of programmers) called Satoshi Nakamoto released the open-source software that underlies Bitcoin digital currency in 2009. Since then, Bitcoin has caused an enormous amount

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