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What's the differentiator from all the other cryptocoins?


I'd say mostly just the sheer amount of money that was already sunk into it. All those people have very little incentive to break the status quo. Bitcoin protocol successfully resisted changes that could potentially alter its shape.


Truly decentralised proof-of-work, with network effect.




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