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.
by COINS NEWS - 2 years ago
I think we have had a lot of posts of Bitcoin breaking above this and that trendline (and a majority probably came from me alone) but here one of the last ones that sums them all up a bit. One of the most important trend-lines are the short-ter...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Bitcoin’s strong monthly performance translated to outsized gains in APT, GALA, T, MANA and SOL, making them the top performing altcoins in January. The rally in crypt...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
Bitcoin pumped 43% in January 2023! What to expect in February — Watch The Market Report live& & Cointelegraph
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
On this week’s episode of The Market Report, Cointelegraph’s resident experts discuss what the second month of 2023 could potentially hold for BTC. This week on The Ma...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Tesla recorded gains of $64 million and impairment loss of $204 million.
The company has revealed it sold 75% of its Bitcoin holdings, and held BTC worth about $184 million as of 31 December 2022.
The electric vehicle maker bought Bitcoin worth $1.5...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Significant crises and unpleasant events negatively impacted Bitcoin and other crypto asset prices in 2022. Some notable events include the collapse of Terra and its ecosystem, the implosion of the FTX exchange, and the spreading of contagions that f...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 years ago
How have Big Tech companies laid off so many with no consequences to their operations? Because fiat incentivizes meaningless rent seeking.This is an opinion editorial by Jimmy Song, a Bitcoin developer, educator and entrepreneur and programmer with o...