What Is
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                Bitcoin is a combination of:
              
            
           computer science
                computer science
               network protocols
                network protocols
               electrical systems
                electrical systems
               game theory
                game theory
               conviction
                conviction
               mimetics
                mimetics
               thermodynamics
                thermodynamics
               network effects
                network effects
               cryptography
                cryptography
               energy
                energy
               true scarcity
                true scarcity
               economic incentives
                economic incentives
               software engineering
                software engineering
               time value of money
                time value of money
               tech adoption curves
                tech adoption curves
               emergent phenomena
                emergent phenomena
               power of decentralization
                power of decentralization
               low time preference
                low time preference
               alignment of incentives
                alignment of incentives
               monetary neutrality
                monetary neutrality
               financial activism
                financial activism
               immutability
                immutability
              
            
              ... all working together to create trust in a trustless,
              decentralized environment,
            
            
              
            
        
                
                neutral
              
              
                
                secure
              
              
                
                censorship-resistant
              
              
                
                permissionless
              
              
                
                global
              
            
              digital money and monetary network.