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DECENTRALISED CRYPTO-CURRENCY [1 record]

Record 1 2019-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Coins and Bank Notes
DEF

A digital currency that is open-source, lacks a central authority and operates over an Internet-based peer-to-peer network [that validates] transactions using that currency ...

CONT

Bitcoin, first released as open-source software in 2009, is generally considered the first decentralized cryptocurrency.

Key term(s)
  • decentralised digital currency
  • decentralised cryptocurrency
  • decentralized crypto-currency
  • decentralised crypto-currency

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
DEF

Monnaie numérique à code source ouvert, sans autorité centrale et fonctionnant par Internet au sein d'un réseau pair à pair, lequel valide les transactions fondées sur cette monnaie.

CONT

[...] les monnaies numériques décentralisées sont moins susceptibles d'être piratées que les monnaies numériques et les systèmes de paiements centralisés, parce que les pirates informatiques devraient cibler chaque portefeuille numérique.

Key term(s)
  • crypto-monnaie décentralisée

Spanish

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