Bitcoin
Bitcoin is the first successful internet money based on peer-to-peer technology; whereby no central bank or authority is involved in the transaction and production of the Bitcoin currency. It was created by an anonymous individual/group under the name, Satoshi Nakamoto. The source code is available publicly as an open source project, anybody can look at it and be part of the developmental process.
Bitcoin is changing the way we see money as we speak. The idea was to produce a means of exchange, independent of any central authority, that could be transferred electronically in a secure, verifiable and immutable way. It is a decentralized peer-to-peer internet currency making mobile payment easy, very low transaction fees, protects your identity, and it works anywhere all the time with no central authority and banks.
Bitcoin is designed to have only 21 million BTC ever created, thus making it a deflationary currency. Bitcoin uses the SHA-256 hashing algorithm with an average transaction confirmation time of 10 minutes. Miners today are mining Bitcoin using ASIC chip dedicated to only mining Bitcoin, and the hash rate has shot up to peta hashes.
Being the first successful online cryptography currency, Bitcoin has inspired other alternative currencies such as Litecoin, Peercoin, Primecoin, and so on.
The cryptocurrency then took off with the innovation of the turing-complete smart contract by Ethereum which led to the development of other amazing projects such as EOS, Tron, and even crypto-collectibles such as CryptoKitties.
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
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More / Bitcoin Reddit - 5 months ago
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Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 5 months ago
Bitcoin risks triggering $1.13 billion worth of cumulative leveraged long liquidations if it falls below the $82,000 price support....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 5 months ago
The US-based Bitcoin ETFs (exchange-traded funds) have continued to struggle in terms of investor participation and interest over the last few weeks. In the last week of February, the crypto-based financial products witnessed a record-breaking $1.14...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 5 months ago
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More / Bitcoin Reddit - 5 months ago
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Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 5 months ago
Analyst That Nailed January 2025 Bitcoin Top Predicts BTC Rallies in Coming Months – But There’s a Catch& & The Daily Hodl
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 5 months ago
I am still a high school student so most of the time I can't pass the kyc verification of OKX ,biance , etc.However,I am so into crypto currency,I had mined some but that's not enough.As a result,I am here to ask for some location of non-kyc...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 5 months ago
Farzam Ehsani, CEO of VALR, argue that Bitcoin’s decentralized and limited supply make it an attractive hedge against inflation and currency risk. Bitcoin a Hedge Against Currency Depreciation As South African firm Altvest Capital makes headli...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 5 months ago
VALR Founder: Bitcoin's History of Value Appreciation Makes It an Ideal Treasury Asset& & Bitcoin.com News