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 / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
BTCChina has reportedly sold its stake in the Singapore-registered Bitcoin exchange ZG.com. BTCChina, the operator of Chinaβs oldest Bitcoin (BTC) exchange, is no long...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 3 years ago
After receiving a licence from the FAA, Richard Branson’s company is ready to fly customers to space, some of whom have already paid in Bitcoin
Sir Richard Branson has finally received the licence necessary to operate commercial spaceflights in...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
Art fans can buy a painting by Keith Haring using cryptocurrency at Christie's "20th/21st century" sale in London next week, where works by Alberto Giacometti, Pablo Picasso and Edgar Degas are also going under the hammer. The untitled...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
The American University of Paraguay shared on Twitter that it will accept tuition payments in bitcoin, as well as other cryptocurrencies, beginning on August 1, 2021. "From August 1, you will be able to pay all your tuition and fees with cryptoc...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
Bitcoin and the crypto market are at the beginning of a healing process, JPMorgan analysts say in a note. Bitcoinβs (BTC) weekend dance between $30,000 and $34,000 see...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
Bitcoin network fundamentals reflect the mass mining migration underway this month, but BTC price action still makes gains. Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week with a key...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
No, really, think about it. This is sort of like how some developing countries skipped going from setting up landline phone systems and went straight to developing smart phone infrastructure, 3g, 4g networks instead. Also, the more people who use si...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
Ricardo Salinas Pliego wants his bank to be the first in Mexico to accept BTC. The third richest man in Mexico, Ricardo Salinas Pliego, has doubled down on his suppor...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
What I currently see on the plot of the price of Bitcoin strongly reminds me the first wave of 2018 of Bitcoin. I wonder if someone studied or understood why Bitcoin price has these waves? People say it's influencers who manipulate the market, bu...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
Ask (and answer!) away! Here are the general rules: If you'd like to learn something, ask. If you'd like to share knowledge, answer. Any question about Bitcoin is fair game. And don't forget to check out /r/BitcoinBeginners You can sort...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
The former CEO of Gyft and the cofounder of the project Civic, Vinny Lingham has been called an ‘oracle’ at times for correctly predicting the future price of bitcoin. On various occasions all the way back to 2016, Lingham has made correc...
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 3 years ago
Bitcoin price regained strength for a fresh recovery and it broke $33,500 against the US Dollar. BTC is likely to continue higher above $35,000 in the near term.
Bitcoin started a fresh increase after the bulls defended the key $30,000 support.
The...