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Decentralization

Bitcoin decentralization comes from distributing validation, ownership, mining, development, and economic choice rather than assigning protocol control to one institution.

Context

Why it matters

Bitcoin decentralization comes from distributing validation, ownership, mining, development, and economic choice rather than assigning protocol control to one institution.

Canonical knowledge

What California Bitcoin maintains

  • Bitcoin decentralization comes from distributing validation, ownership, mining, development, and economic choice rather than assigning protocol control to one institution.

Primary and technical sources

Evidence before assertion
Bitcoin Developer Documentation

Bitcoin.org

Tier — · technicalBitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System

Satoshi Nakamoto

Tier 1 · primary

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