Open source
Originating from the software industry, it is a program whose source code is made freely available to anybody, allowing them to study, change and distribute the software to anyone for any purpose.
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The wallet is open source, so anyone can inspect its published code.
- The wallet is open source, so anyone can inspect its published code.
- Developers submitted improvements to the open-source repository.
- An open-source license defines how the software may be used, modified, and distributed.
- Public code review can identify flaws, but being open source does not guarantee security.
- The project released its client as open-source software to encourage independent implementations.
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