Bitcoin turns 11, but it ‘may be decades’ before its real value emerges

Filed Under Cryptocurrency O n this day 11 years ago, an anonymous writer under the pseudonym “Satoshi Nakamoto” published a white paper. The document described a decentralized cryptocurrency, with transactions stored on a digital ledger in a “blockchain,” that would enable people to exchange funds over the internet without needing a financial institution. Fast forward 11 years and the results have been a mixed bag. Bitcoin has a market cap of $167 billion, down from an all-time high of over $30…

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