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Board Beginners & Help
Re: bitcoin is not p2p
by
giantblckdld
on 17/04/2014, 14:11:11 UTC
No it is not p2p. You cannot download a coin like an mp3 file. There is no file sharing.

Yes good, you noticed. Bitcoin is not a file sharing network, it is a payment system.

I can send a Bitcoin to you and you can send a Bitcoin to me.
We have equal rights in the Bitcoin payment system : we can both pay and receive a payment. This is p2p.

With VISA or MasterCard : you have to pay for a terminal, pay a yearly subscription and fees to receive a payment. The sender and the receiver do not have equal rights, this is not p2p.