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Category: Currency

What is Coin?

Summary Definition: A digital asset native to its own independent Layer 1 blockchain.

Detailed Technical Explanation

A coin is a cryptocurrency that operates natively on its own independent blockchain (e.g. BTC on Bitcoin, ETH on Ethereum), as opposed to a token created on top of an existing smart contract platform.

Educational Notice: Technical definitions on CoinAd.in are maintained to help developers, students, and engineers understand decentralized computing concepts accurately.

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