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Bitcoin is a form of digital currency, created and held electronically.No one controls it.Bitcoins aren't printed, like dollars or euros-they are produced by people, and increasingly businesses, running computers all around the world, using software that solves mathematical problems. It's the first example of a growing category of money known as cryptocurrency. Why bother using it? True to its origins as an open, decentralized currency, bitcoin is meant to be a quicker,cheaper and more reliable form of payment than money tied to individual countries.In addition, it's the only form of money users can theoretically ''mine themselves, if they (and their computers) have the ability. But even for those who don't  discover using their own high-powered computers,anyone can buy and sell bitcoins, typically through online exchanges like Coinbase and LocalBitcoins. A 2015 survey showed bitcoin users tend to be overwhelmingly white and male, but of var