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
Amid speculation over the weekend that Tesla may have sold its bitcoins, CEO Elon Musk has clarified that the electric car company “has not sold any bitcoin.” The Technoking of Tesla got into a heated debate with the bitcoin community Sun...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
Altcoins have risen to a three-year dominance high after tagging a record combined capitalization of nearly $1.5 trillion last week. While Bitcoin tumbles in response...
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...
by COINS NEWS - 3 years ago
Per Wikipedia - Susquehanna owns 6.5% of Tesla (Elon owns 21%) and has the 2nd biggest share in Tesla after Elon. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susquehanna_International_Group βSince 2016, the company has built a Bitcoin trading desk that is now b...
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 3 years ago
Bitcoin price extended its decline below the $45,000 support zone against the US Dollar. BTC is declining and it could soon test $42,000 or $40,000 in the near term.
Bitcoin started a major decline from well above $50,000 and it even traded close to...
by COINS NEWS - 3 years ago
tl;dr: I love crashes. It means I can buy more. In the chart below we can see Bitcoin outpacing the 2016-2018 cycle. Several mathematical and economic theories suggest that this shouldn't happen. You could call what's happening unsustai...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
Please explain the benefits, costs, hardware and software needed for a full node in 2021. submitted by /u/Crafty_Supermarket15 [link] [comments]
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
Please explain the benefits, costs, hardware and software needed for a full node in 2021. submitted by /u/Crafty_Supermarket15 [link] [comments]
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
I have been working in crypto for almost two years now. I read about Altcoins too but realized that what they are doing is not at all similar to Bitcoin's core values. Bitcoin gives financial freedom. Where is the freedom if we are idolizing and...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
A new report shows that the banking system consumes more than twice the amount of energy that bitcoin does. The authors analyzed bitcoin’s energy usage and compared it to the banking and gold industries.
Banking System Consumes Much More Energy...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
Derivatives exchanges offer up to 100x leverage, but traders must consider how Bitcoin's intraday volatility increases their liquidation risk. The crypto sector is in...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
Bitcoin crashes after Tesla abandons the cryptocurrency as a payment method, the crypto world criticizes Elon Musk and DOGE staves off competition from a furry rival....
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
Billionaires will come and go. Some understand Bitcoin and are great for it. Some don't. I haven't even been in Bitcoin for very long, but I think that the response here has been fantastic. Nobody, not even the world's 3rd-richest man, is...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
I will just sum up the facts: Tesla has problems with Chinese Gov (where most bitcoin miners are located). Tesla shares have been falling for months. Coinbase was the most downloaded app in the AppStore a couple of weeks ago. Drukenmiller questioned...