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.
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
Ladies and gents, just wanted to let you know that Iβm new to bitcoin. I bought in February. One of the reasons why Iβve taken the deep dive down this rabbit hole is Iβve seen more principles in bitcoin and in this community than most of the subs Iβv...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Localbitcoins, one of the biggest P2P exchanges in the world, has added Bitcoin Cash and other cryptocurrencies as payment methods to acquire Bitcoin on its platform. This marks a clear departure from the earlier position of the company, which hadn&r...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
Lightning Network get a lot of fud even here in this sub. I suspect a lot of you guys havenβt yet actually tried it. It really is a lot easier than i think most people expect, and here is me trying to prove it. I suspect that the big hurdle right now...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
This man is the CEO of Twitter and Square, and he says this. Bullish af⦠submitted by /u/PayPerPal [link] [comments]
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
bitcoin model: hash2reward I played around a bit with some bitcoin data and created a so-called hash2reward [h2r] model, which achieved an rΒ² score of 94.9 % and compared it with the common stock2flow [s2f] model. h2r & s2f model We can add...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
We've rounded up a few notable moments from the first day of the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida. The first official day of the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Mi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Cryptocurrencies have jumped quite a bit in value over the course of the year and miners who verify transactions and earn digital assets have seen significant profits. While bitcoin miners have been seeing daily profits rise, a great number of other...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
Beginning Aug. 3, Google will accept adverts for cryptocurrency exchanges and digital wallets targeting US customers on its platform. In August, the Internet giant will revise its financial goods and services policy to "clarify the scope and req...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
βBitcoin is for everyone. Itβs important to us to build an inclusive product that brings a non-custodial solution to the global market,β the CEO said. Square Inc., t...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
I was able to watch the 1st 30 min then had to go into work (Youtube Blocked). I was SO pumped walking into work, ready to watch the full video! HODL ON - My Friends :) submitted by /u/AbuddyFL [link] [comments]