Decentralization means nobody can stop you from making terrible financial decisions.Satoshi Nakamoto (not really)
Freedom is beautiful and terrifying in equal measure. Nobody can censor your transactions or your bad takes.
The Byzantine Generals Problem is a classic computer science puzzle: how can distributed parties agree on a shared truth when some participants might be dishonest? Satoshi's breakthrough was solving this problem in a practical way using proof of work. Bitcoin nodes around the world independently verify every transaction and agree on the state of the ledger without trusting each other — a feat once thought impossible.
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