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 - 2 years ago
Valkyrie Investments, a Tennessee-based asset manager, has announced its intention to become the new sponsor of Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC). The company states that it is “uniquely qualified” for the role and plans t...
by COINS NEWS - 2 years ago
2022 has just closed and with that the last yearly quarter candle for the BTC chart and it has unsurprisingly closed red. This was pretty obvious after we had a lot of crabbing during the start of Q4 and then the FTX-Implosion happened and sent...
by COINS NEWS - 2 years ago
Bitcoin core developer Luke Dashjr did not have a good start in 2023. A few hours ago he reported on Twitter that one of his hot wallets was hacked: https://twitter.com/LukeDashjr/status/1609613748364509184?s=20 He claims that his coins have been se...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
Bitcoin Could Easily Rally To $160,000 Says Crypto Analyst: Here's How Soon It May Happen& & Yahoo Finance
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 2 years ago
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Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
Crypto Investment Firm Valkyrie Wants To Take Over Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, Says Itβs Time for a Change& & The Daily Hodl
by COINS NEWS - 2 years ago
This is a simple guessing game to celebrate 2023 and soon to be six million members on this subreddit. All you have to do is guess the price of BTCUSD on Coinbase at 11:59PM UTC on Dec 31, 2023, and leave your guess here as a top level comment below...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 2 years ago
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Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 2 years ago
Bitcoin remains stuck in a tight range but LTC, APE, ICP and BIT are showing signs of starting a new up-move. Bitcoinβs (BTC) volatility remained subdued in the final...