• There are many blockchains, as companies are born with different needs from a distributed ledger than those of Bitcoin.
• The company has gone through some changes since it was launched in 2013 , and the blockchain now forms a core part of its offering.
• Bitcoin is starting to look less important than the engine that drives it — the blockchain.
• The blockchain was developed as a means of creating digital property without the need for a central authority keeping track of who owns what.
• Bitcoin was the first technology to use the blockchain, but the currency is now starting to look a bit like the steam pumping engines invented in the 17th century.

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