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.
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
<p>LocalBitcoins, a Finland-based peer-to-peer (P2P) Bitcoin (BTC) exchange
founded in June 2012, has announced the timeline for the closure of its
Bitcoin trading services. The exchange announced the development on
Thursday in a statement on i...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
Federal Reserve Bank: 'Bitcoin shares most of the features of a store of value such as gold' - Report& & Crypto News Flash
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 2 years ago
According to an announcement on its website, the peer-to-peer Bitcoin platform will be shutting down before the end of February 2023.LocalBitcoins has announced that the exchange will be closed for service by the end of February. The long-time Bitcoi...
by COINS NEWS - 2 years ago
For all the statists that say Bitcoin is a scam and isn't a Store of Value, your fiat printing overlords disagree with you. Even tho their initial quotes are somewhat conflicting, and the conclusion claims to need more data.... this study portray...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Key Takeaways
Two-thirds of the Bitcoin supply has not moved in over a year
Metrics for percent of supply unmoved in 2+, 3+ and 5+ years also at all-time highs
The average hold period for Bitcoin on-chain is 3.8 years
Despite thesis that dwindling s...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
What's Going On With Bitcoin- And Ethereum-Related Stock Silvergate Capital? - Silvergate Capital (NYSE:S& & Benzinga
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
In the early hours of Thursday, Bitcoin (BTC) the largest cryptocurrency by market cap, sank to a four-week low.Β The crypto asset slipped below its hovering $23,000 price range to as low as $22,408 before climbing back to its current price.
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