What is crypto currency?

A cryptocurrency is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses strong cryptography to secure financial transactions, control the creation of additional units, and verify the transfer of assets....



Instead of a central powering controlling cryptocurrency, an algorithm and users themselves control cryptocurrency. The algorithm dictates how transactions workand how new coins are created, users create peer-to-peer transactions using software called wallets. Transactions are recorded on a public digital ledger.......


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