✔ Key characteristics:
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Decentralized: no central authority controls it
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Borderless: send money anywhere in minutes
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Transparent: all transactions are publicly verifiable
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Finite supply: prevents inflation (e.g., Bitcoin has a max supply of 21 million)
Popular examples include:
Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Fantom (FTM), Solana (SOL), BNB (Binance Coin) and thousands more.