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Over just over six thousand days, Bitcoin has transformed from an idea into a global financial instrument. It wasn't launched by a corporation or signed into law by a government—no central authority has control over it. Instead, Bitcoin's emergence is a case of collective software engineering and economic incentives working harmoniously to produce something unprecedented in history.
This is a perfect puzzle—a system where incentives, mathematics, energy, and transparency work together. It offers an alternative to traditional monetary systems based on trust, political decisions, and unlimited supply. Instead, Bitcoin is rooted in mathematical certainty: a fixed supply, open-source transparency, and decentralized consensus.