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Bytecoin (cryptocurrency)
{{Infobox software
| title = BYTECOIN (BCN)
| logo = Bytecoin logo.svg
| author = PACIFIC_SKYLINE, AMJUAREZ and others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bytecoin.org/teto-team/|title=Teto-Team|website=Bytecoin: private secure financial system|language=en|access-date=2017-10-12}}</ref>
| released = 4 July 2012
| programming language = С++
| platform = Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD
| genre = Payment system
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<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://weuse.cash/2016/06/09/btc-xmr-zcash/|title=On Fungibility, Bitcoin, Monero and why ZCash is a bad idea. – We Use Cash|publisher=weuse.cash|access-date=2017-10-12}}</ref>

Bytecoin advertises itself as a completely anonymous altcoin. Bytecoin 
claimoffers the following features:
* Unlimited instant international paymentspayments globally: the Bytecoin network works as fast as the Internet. Payments take a little time to process, as cConfirmation is required for payment. and Bytecoin claims that transactions are processed in about 2 minutes.
* Security: Bytecoin "protects the user's money with secure and modern cryptographic algorithms" which "can not be hacked."{{cn|date=October 2017}} The creators of Bytecoin argugree that breaking a crypto currency "in the form of what is known as a 51% attack, will require a lot of expensive electricity and the computing power of supercomputers."
* Secure personal data: Bytecoin states that "it is absolutely impossible to obtain information about your financial transactions and the balance of your wallet" if you do not want to disclose your data one day. Only the user can manage data that partners and third parties can see.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elbrusinvest.ru/kriptovalyuta-bytecoin-bcn|title=Что такое криптовалюта Bytecoin (BCN) простыми словами?|date=2017-08-16|access-date=2017-10-12|language=ru-RU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bytecoin.org/info/|title=What is Bytecoin?|publisher=Bytecoin: private secure financial system|access-date=2017-10-12}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== Also ==
* [[OpenBazaar]] - peer-to-peer decentralized trade protocol<br>

== References ==
* [https://bytecoin.org/ Official site]

* [https://github.com/amjuarez/bytecoin The source code for Bytecoin]&nbsp;on&nbsp;[[GitHub|Github]]
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