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
Cornell University professor of economics and former head of the IMF’s China division, Eswar Prasad, sees three major flaws in bitcoin. Because of these flaws, the professor says that “bitcoin really has set off something of a search for...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Robert Kiyosaki, the best-selling author of “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” has predicted the “biggest crash” in world history. He also expects the price of bitcoin to fall to the $24K level.
Robert Kiyosaki Foresees Biggest Crash in His...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 years ago
Ether could take longer than 12 months to regain ground versus Bitcoin due to increased uncertainties surrounding the shift to ETH 2.0 and reservations from institutional investors....
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 years ago
Coming every Saturday, Hodlers Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulat...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Over the last few weeks, there have been many reports about crackdowns in China tied to bitcoin mining operations in various provinces. 30-day statistics show the hashrate has been fluctuating wildly, and across the last week it has slid downward rou...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 years ago
Analysts and traders are linking Bitcoin's bearish turn with the growing strength of the U.S. dollar, but data suggests otherwise. At the moment, there seems to be a...
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 3 years ago
Sino Global Capital has been posting reports on Bitcoin, China, and the changes that are taking place within the Asian Giant. Today, most of the BTC miners in the Chinese province of Sichuan will turn off their machines. This has created another vari...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
The World Bank has refused to support El Salvador’s request for help in the transition to use Bitcoin as legal tender. It cited issues with Bitcoin’s environmental impact and transparency as reasons why it will not support El Salvador move to adopt B...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
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by COINS NEWS - 3 years ago
There is a free semester of college level, Blockchain/Bitcoin knowledge available in a 20+ part, 1 hour YouTube classroom. It’s called “Blockchain and Money”. I won’t post the link, but enter “MIT OpenCourseWare Bitcoin” and you’ll find it. I’m on le...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
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by COINS NEWS - 3 years ago
Santiment analytics agency has reported that despite the Bitcoin decline to the $34,000 level, BTC whale holders are still buying the dip, taking advantage of the price drop. According to the recent tweet from the Santiment team, crypto address...