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by rahen 1289 days ago
Bitcoin is the only currency that's leaderless, decentralized, belongs to no company or some 30 years-old "CEO", and is contributed to much like the Linux kernel. You could compare it to TCP/IP versus proprietary protocols du jour.

Or just Google "what sets bitcoin apart to other cryptos".

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/what-makes-bitcoin-diffe...