Bits to Bitcoin: How Our Digital Stuff Works, by Mark Stuart Day

A grand tour of digital processes culminates with cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin in particular

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October 4, 2018

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October 4, 2018

Twitter: @John_Gilbey

Mining rig for Bitcoin

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Modern money: the first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, was introduced in 2009 and is ‘mined’ using hardware known as a rig

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