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18 years in, what has Bitcoin truly done?

The Bitcoin white paper achieved a lot of what Satoshi Nakamoto set out to accomplish, but the cultural impact it had may outweigh Bitcoin itself, writes CoinDesk's Nikhilesh De.

Nikhilesh DeCoinDesk · October 31, 2026 · 2d ago

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