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			<span class="post-date">Apr 14</span>

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				Posted by <a href="/forum/user/895-amrita-arora">Amrita Arora</a>				in <a href="/blog/categories/banking-financial-services-and-insurance">Banking ,Financial Services and Insurance</a>			</span>
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	<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Bitcoin (BTC)</strong> is the first decentralized<strong> peer-to-peer payment network</strong> that is powered by its users with no central authority or middlemen. This digital currency, designed by <strong>Satoshi Nakamoto</strong>, has seen a huge rise in trading volume since 2013. This rise can be attributed to different types of merchants that use Bitcoin like <strong>online marketplaces, payment and funding services worldwide, social services, media sources and travel companies</strong>. Besides merchants, <strong>Wall Street players</strong> and investors are also using BTC wallets.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">To know more, read the following article by <strong>Jamie Tolentino (Digital Marketer at a Global Asset Management firm)</strong>, which talks about the advantages and disadvantages of using Bitcoin:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://thenextweb.com/future-of-communications/2015/04/13/how-safe-are-your-bitcoins/" target="_blank">http://thenextweb.com/future-of-communications/2015/04/13/how-safe-are-your-bitcoins/</a></p></div>

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