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 - 3 years ago
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned of “a number of macroeconomic, financial and legal issues” surrounding El Salvador making bitcoin legal tender. “Crypto assets can pose significant risks and effective regulatory meas...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
Short interest in Bitcoin is insane right now. We're about to see a facemelting short squeeze like never before if we can keep this buying pressure up -- New ATH incoming! Don't fall under the pressure. Keeep buying! Saylor please sell more b...
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 3 years ago
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued yet another cautionary bulletin for Bitcoin investors. Specifically, the Commission has warned about the dangers for BTC futures traders and has asked them to “weigh carefully the pot...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
The International Monetary Fund has previously spoken out against smaller nations like the Marshall Islands recognizing a digital currency as legal tender. The Interna...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
Deviation from the stock-to-flow average has always resulted in a reversal to new all-time highs, data shows. Bitcoin (BTC) spending over three weeks in the $30,000 ra...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren criticized Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies yesterday in a Banking Senate Subcommittee hearing. In the hearing, Warren criticized the energy consumption that Bitcoin and other proof-of-work (PoW) cryptocurrencies need to ope...
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 3 years ago
The crypto market is in full fledged fear for the longest phase in more than a year, coinciding with a massive Bitcoin drop of more than 50%.
The once trending cryptocurrency has yet to recover, leaving the market and participants in a state of extre...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
Bullish Bitcoin maneuvers from El Salvador, Victory Capital and MicroStrategy saved the day by giving bulls a much-needed boost and balancing out Friday's BTC options expiry....
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
It's grim news for economists and a bittersweet advertisement for Bitcoin this week after the latest CPI report. Bitcoin (BTC) gained more free publicity this week as...
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 3 years ago
Bitcoin trades at $36,786 and records profits in the 7-day chart, after two consecutive weeks of losses. In the 30-day chart, BTC still has a 32.3% loss. The price action painfully moves higher in the current range, but without conviction from the bu...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision proposed tough requirements for banks that want to hold cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. The Basel Committee on Banking Sup...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
There may not have been as many female speakers at Bitcoin 2021, but the women who presented were phenomenal. Hereβs why. Dubbed as βthe largest Bitcoin event in histo...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 3 years ago
Bitcoin recovers by 7% as it continues to range between $30,000 and $40,000.
After dipping down to around $31,000 on Tuesday, Bitcoin has shown signs of recovery with a 7% gain to recover its losses.
As crypto markets continue to consolidate for now,...
by COINS NEWS - 3 years ago
There are some policy ideas I agree with Elizabeth Warren on, but her statements on Bitcoin yesterday were so laughably stupid. It made me think of her analysis of the final season of Game of Thrones, which she called βsexist.β Now, there are some go...
by COINS NEWS - 3 years ago
There are some policy ideas I agree with Elizabeth Warren on, but her statements on Bitcoin yesterday were so laughably stupid. It made me think of her analysis of the final season of Game of Thrones, which she called βsexist.β Now, there are some go...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
Indian state officials are reportedly no longer keen on banning Bitcoin and a crypto regulatory bill may be up for discussion during the Monsoon Session of Parliament....
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 3 years ago
Cryptocurrency traders in the US earned roughly $4 billion last year from Bitcoin investment, Chainalysis reveals
A recent report from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has shown that US crypto users hauled in $4.1 billion from trading in the lea...