I made it so that nobody controls Bitcoin. Crypto Twitter didn't get the memo.Satoshi Nakamoto (not really)
Decentralized protocol, centralized opinions. The network has no leader, but Twitter has plenty of self-appointed ones.
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 β a feat once thought impossible.
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