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 Bitcoin represents the culmination of decades of research in cryptography and distributed systems and includes four key innovations brought together in a unique and powerful combination. Bitcoin consists of:
  
-* A decentralized peer-to-peer network (the bitcoin protocol);
-* A public transaction ledger (the blockchain);
+* A decentralized peer-to-peer network (the bitcoin protocol)
+* A public transaction ledger (the blockchain)
 * A decentralized mathematical and deterministic currency issuance (distributed mining)
 * A decentralized transaction verification system (transaction script)