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Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) is a specific timezone and is used as a standard for international timekeeping.

Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) is a specific timezone and is used as a standard for international timekeeping. UTC used to be known as Greenwich Mean Time or GMT. Like many international systems, Bitcoin indirectly follows UTC by requiring each block to include a Unix timestamp.

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