CryptoBug: Crypto is a digital asset that doesn't rely on trusted intermediaries like governments, banks, finance companies, or stockbrokers.

Me: Ok.

CB: To start with crypto you'll have to buy some tokens from an exchange.

Me: Oh, you mean a trusted intermediary, like a finance company? Or a stockbroker really, because they're selling you assets not currencies.

CB: Kinda.

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Me: Oh and who writes the software?

CryptoBug: A handful of developers make the final decisions about the official code, and therefore also about how the protocol works.

Me: So another trusted intermediary? Like a government deciding the protocol for their official currency works?

CB: Kinda.

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