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
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty printed a record increase on Jan. 15, 2023, rising 10.26% to 37.73 trillion at block height 772,128. The network’s difficulty is now at an all-time high. This means, on average, it takes 37.73 trillion hashes...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
Markets: Bitcoin, Ether little changed after weekend surge; Solana, XRP give back some gains& & Yahoo Finance
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 2 years ago
Before I was only interested in Bitcoin the asset. Now I am a proud member of Bitcoin the network. Can't wait to see where this journey is taking us! https://preview.redd.it/izah9vweiaca1.jpg?width=3472&format=pjpg&auto=we...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
Bitcoin (BTC) Still the βBetter Playβ Despite Altcoin Rallies, According to Analyst Benjamin Cowen& & The Daily Hodl
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 2 years ago
5 altcoins that could breakout if Bitcoin price stays bullish& & CointelegraphBitcoin steps out of 'fear' for the first time in nine months& & CointelegraphBitcoin spikes above $21000: is the crypto bear market over ?& & MarketWatch
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 2 years ago
Bitcoin has turned bullish, but is it a dead cat bounce? If BTC bulls keep pace, LTC, OKB, BIT and FTM could see strong rallies. The cryptocurrency markets have made a...