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What’s in a Name? From Bitcoin to Blockchain to Distributed Ledgers

Nelson Rosario ponders why we have developed so many terms for what is effectively the same technology – bitcoin.

By Nelson M Rosario
Updated Mar 6, 2023, 3:30 p.m. Published Feb 11, 2017, 3:42 p.m.
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