IN-DEPTH ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF DIGITAL CURRENCY: FROM EARLY CRYPTOCURRENCY EXPERIMENTS TO THE BIRTH OF BITCOIN AND TODAY'S CRYPTO MARKET

The initial story of digital money started in 2009 with the creation of Bitcoin, an innovative platform built by the unidentified figure known as Satoshi Nakamoto. Initially, Bitcoin functioned as a peer-to-peer payment solution, avoiding standard banking systems. Subsequently, the popularity of