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  : //The excitement, expansion, and advancement in Distributed Computing resulting from Satoshi Nakamoto’s paper "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System"(( S. Nakamoto, "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System," 24 May 2009. [Online]. Available: [[https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf]].
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highlights the need for a Reference Architecture (RA) focused on Distributed Immutable Data Objects (DIDOs), where it is understood that DIDOs include, but are not limited to cryptocurrencies, the original [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:b:blockchain|blockchain]], and distributed ledger technologies. This paper, an [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.b_stds:tech:omg:start|OMG]] Discussion paper, presents an RA for DIDOs.//

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