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You may be asking, “Where did Bitcoin come from and how are its rules decided?"
The Bitcoin protocol is open-source software that was originally created by Bitcoin’s pseudonymous founder, Satoshi Nakamoto. Anyone in the world can run the software, and thousands of people have contributed to its development since launching in 2009. The group of people who voluntarily run the software form the Bitcoin network.
The Bitcoin protocol can change. And the way it changes is influenced by a much larger group of people than just those who run the software. This larger group includes the millions of holders of Bitcoin, the businesses that use Bitcoin, developers, and anyone else with a stake in Bitcoin. Collectively they decide what Bitcoin is.