Bitcoin exchanges
Bitcoin exchanges match buyers and sellers or provide brokerage services, often while temporarily custodying customer bitcoin.
Why it matters
Bitcoin exchanges match buyers and sellers or provide brokerage services, often while temporarily custodying customer bitcoin.
Key ideas
- Bitcoin exchanges match buyers and sellers or provide brokerage services, often while temporarily custodying customer bitcoin.
- This topic belongs to California Bitcoin’s markets knowledge layer.
- Use primary and technical sources where possible, and distinguish protocol facts from market narratives.
Primary and technical sources
Bitcoin Developer DocumentationBitcoin.orgBitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash SystemSatoshi Nakamoto