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Reworked the first paragraph at bitcoin.org #7
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| @@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ ALERT: | ||
| <div class="span11 primarybox"> | ||
| <h1>Bitcoin <small>P2P Digital Currency</small></h1> | ||
| <p> | ||
| - Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer digital currency <a href="bitcoin.pdf">created in 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto</a>. | ||
| - Peer-to-peer means that no central authority issues new money or manages transactions—these tasks are carried out collectively by the network. | ||
| - It is also the name of the open source software designed in order to use this currency. | ||
| + Bitcoin is new digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone in the world at virtually no |
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| @@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ ALERT: | ||
| <div class="span11 primarybox"> | ||
| <h1>Bitcoin <small>P2P Digital Currency</small></h1> | ||
| <p> | ||
| - Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer digital currency <a href="bitcoin.pdf">created in 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto</a>. | ||
| - Peer-to-peer means that no central authority issues new money or manages transactions—these tasks are carried out collectively by the network. | ||
| - It is also the name of the open source software designed in order to use this currency. | ||
| + Bitcoin is new digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone in the world at virtually no | ||
| + cost. | ||
| + Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority. Managing transactions and issuing money are tasks that are carried out <a href="bitcoin.pdf">collectively by the network</a>. |
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weex commentedSep 9, 2011
Focused on key features and I think a clearer explanation for the layperson. Retained the link to Satoshi's paper since it is still the best, most concise description of the system. Might even add a sentence such as, "For a concise technical description read Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System by Satoshi Nakamoto."