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Federations

A federation is a defined set of entities that jointly operate a system or custody arrangement, used in some Bitcoin-adjacent protocols and sidechains.

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A federation is a defined set of entities that jointly operate a system or custody arrangement, used in some Bitcoin-adjacent protocols and sidechains.

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What California Bitcoin maintains

  • A federation is a defined set of entities that jointly operate a system or custody arrangement, used in some Bitcoin-adjacent protocols and sidechains.

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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