Do you have a copyright on Bitcoin? If there is one. It makes it very difficult to trust the legitimacy of it being decentralized.

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Firstly, it is important to understand that copyright and patents are focused on different aspects of intellectual property. Copyrights do not provide for protection of an idea, system, or method of operation. Rather, copyrights protect the expression of a particular idea or concept in works fixed in a tangible medium.

I have no copyright ownership over Bitcoin. In fact, I have been largely anonymous as the creator with all efforts taken away towards maintaining the principles founding behind Bitcoin making it decentralized from any individuals or companies’ control if possible.

Bitcoin's whitepaper was authored by me back in October 2008 and released under an MIT license. This means that anyone can study and learn from it without the need to ask for anyone’s permission – freedom at its core value! The codebase itself has since evolved thanks to many brilliant contribution teams around - meaning No one individual own dominance on its underlying intellectual property.

The typeface behind cryptocurrencies main aim is Decentralization which simply put refers— Open source transparency combatting endemic systems currently reliant

But as always my friend- Conduct proper Your own research diligently before investing in any investment vehicles!

Well then, do you have a patent? Which is also a great question for the legitimacy of bitcoin.