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		glitchc on June 14, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency Gets Big Backers Neither does calling it crypto, which stands for cryptography. Call it distributed ledger technology or blockchain for specific popular variations.

colordrops on June 14, 2019 [–]

Unlike a centralized ledger, a distributed ledger could not exist without cryptography.

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