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Whitepaper
A technical document published by a blockchain project outlining its purpose, technology, consensus mechanism, tokenomics, and roadmap. Bitcoin's whitepaper, published by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008, is the most famous example. Whitepapers are a key resource for evaluating a project's legitimacy and vision.
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