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{{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 = 2014
| programming language = С++
| platform = Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD
| genre = Payment system
| website = [https://bytecoin.org bytecoin.org]
}}
[[File:Forks-tree-fixed.png|thumb|Forks tree for CryptoNote coins. February, 2016]]'''Bytecoin''' ([[ticker symbol]] BCN<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cryptgap.com/coins/184|title=Bytecoin|website=Cryptgap: Cryptocurrency Reviews|language=en|access-date=2018-03-12}}</ref>) is the first [[cryptocurrency]] based on the [[CryptoNote]] technology with an [[open source]] code designed for anonymous cash settlement. BCN protects the user's privacy with impassive and anonymous transactions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bytecoin.org/info/|title=What is Bytecoin?|publisher=Bytecoin: private secure financial system|access-date=2017-10-12}}</ref>

This is a completely independent currency, developing separately from [[Bitcoin]] and its [[fork|forks]]. The basis for the creation of Bytecoin was the unique [[CryptoNote]] technology.

== History ==
Bytecoin (BCN) was released to the public on July 4th 2012 which can be seen from their first post on their original website<ref>https://bytecoin.org/old/</ref> which was originally located on the dark web. March 2014.

Since the launch, several improvements have been made, including multi-valued transactions and several security updates. In 2013, the original implementation of [[CryptoNote]] [[Java]] was rewritten using [[C++]]. As of 2015, Bytecoin has been forked more than 25 times. <ref>{{cite news|title=Bytecoin|url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/bytecoin|agency=Cointelegraph|date=24 May 2015}}</ref> Bytecoin [[blockchain]] contains additional information not directly related to remittances: several bloc(contracted; show full)
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