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
Bitcoin's recent push from under $30,000 to over $34,500 asserts hopes of a big price recovery ahead. A recent upswing in the price of Bitcoin (BTC) following a nail-b...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
Chinas deconstruction of BTC mining, is IMO hugely bullish for the future of BTC. Why? Accusations of centralising mining, 65% of hash rate produced in China, are removed, and also FUD associated with the possibility of BTC been at risk from state at...
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 3 years ago
Whales are accumulating Bitcoin again, as per the data released by CryptoQuant that shows deeply negative BTC netflow.
Yesterday, BTC dropped below $30k for the first time since the start of the year, but it quickly rebounded to around $32k.
Signs Th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis said that she is “really excited” about the low price of bitcoin, and is planning to buy the dip. “As soon as it drops a little more I’m going to buy some more,” she said. The senator believes...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
Local newspaper just reported a breaking story: Bosnia has become the second country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. Lawmakers voted in favor of the Bitcoin Legal Tender Law, receiving 51 out of 75 of the legislatureβs vote. Developing story, stay...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
Long-term outlooks remain bullish, but traders are not ruling out more pain first. Bitcoin (BTC) maintained $34,000 support on Wednesday as a rebound from six-month lo...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
By postponing the sales, Bitmain aims to help miners exiting the industry get better prices for mining equipment. Chinese mining giant Bitmain is reportedly scrambling...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
I'm currently traveling in Colombia from the U.S. and my bank blocked my cards for the entire trip. I could not pay my week-long tab for food and drinks when I was checking out. Then.....the owner walks up and said I could pay in Bitcoin! The tr...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
https://www.mondaq.com/germany/fin-tech/1069926/germany-introduces-a-new-law-that-allows-funds-to-invest-into-crypto-assets When the new Fund Location Act (Fondsstandortgesetz) comes into effect on 1 July 2021, domestic special funds (Spezialfonds) i...
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 3 years ago
Excitement, learning, and the opportunity to get rich will be combined in one campaign. With ONFO project starting to show educational videos about cryptocurrencies, millions of people will have access to information about the intricacies of this mar...
by COINS NEWS - 3 years ago
Couple of days ago (15/06/2021), one of the largest Bitcoin whales sold 1500 Bitcoins just before the dip of the past days. (Source: https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/block/687612/1P5ZEDWTKTFGxQjZphgWPQUpe554WKDfHQ) Now, they bought back 1062 of thes...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
Meltem Demirors believes that the current Bitcoin price drop is a correction, and it is weeding out the paper hands. The downward trend in Bitcoinβs (BTC) price follow...
by COINS NEWS - 3 years ago
ARK Invests scooped up over 1M shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (OTC:GBTC) in Tuesday's trading session, equating to a rough valuation of $29.3M. The buy came as bitcoin (BTC-USD) plunged below $29K. Bitcoin has since bounced, now trading a hair...