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Tuesday 2 January 2018 at 19:37
I'm a newbie to all this and maybe my understanding is limited, but given that nothing prevents anybody from creating their own currency, and that most of its value is based on the confidence people have towards it (on the speculation end of things, it's rather that somebody else will be willing to ...
Source: http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/somebody-explain-bitcoin-to-me/page/22#post-4154809