We took (a lot) of time to study the field of social networks to dive deeper in our understanding of how Bitcoin can be characterized with properties associated with social networks. We discuss how the small-world properties of Bitcoin emerge and we compare the Bitcoin network to other social networks that have been studied. Accessible to both technical and new users, we believe this piece can serve to help people begin to think differently about the Bitcoin network, and understand the biological inspiration the network is derived from. We also did

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