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Each of my sources has been well-researched and relates to my topic. This page contains two primary sources that have recent accounts of what is going on with cryptocurrency and four secondary sources that help to answer my essential questions. Lastly, I have my book that shows statistics of different cryptocurrencies.
PRIMARY SOURCES
PRIMARY SOURCES
This news shows the first country to make bitcoin legalized tender. Doing this creates El Salvador's citizens power over their money instead of their government.
This is news saying that Panama is proposing a bill for another country to create bitcoin as a legal tender. This shows the growth of bitcoin and how more and more countries will start to use Bitcoin as a legal tender.
https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/panama-unveils-bill-to-make-bitcoin-legal-tender/
SECONDARY SOURCES
SECONDARY SOURCES
This gives a description of how Bitcoin works. It talks about the basics of this currency.
This article talks about what decentralized and centralized currencies are in Bitcoin. It also talks about the differences between them and what types of cryptocurrencies are centralized and decentralized networks.
https://www.devprovider.com/centralised-vs-decentralised-exchanges/
This talks about how bitcoin mining works. It also talks about how much energy it takes up.
https://www.investopedia.com/tech/how-does-bitcoin-mining-work/
This article talks about how cryptocurrency works. It also talks about why it is used and the basics of the network.
https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-for-beginners/what-is-cryptocurrency
CNets article talks about how much energy mining crypto takes up. It tells the impact it has on our world and how expensive it is.
https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/heres-how-much-electricity-it-takes-to-mine-bitcoin-and- why-people-are-worried/
Book
Book
Hileman, G., & Rauchs, M. (2017). Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study. Cambridge, England: University of Cambridge.
This book shows the different statistics of cryptocurrencies and the users. It's a study about crypto with many percentages.
The link to the works cited: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14iRMusI_hE4nRhsQ7TsbcVvxu8IYLtIl_gOxoBk_QWw/edit
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