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