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
Itβs too soon to talk about Bitcoin-based wages in El Salvador, Minister Rolando Castro stated. El Salvadorβs Minister of Labor and Social Welfare has said that the co...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
Prior to the first Bitcoin block and the absolute scarcity that the network introduced to the world, every single object or resource in the physical realm had no absolute cap of availability. But now we have Bitcoin, the first truly scarce "thin...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
The survey results coincide with U.S. inflation climbing to the highest levels since 1992. Traditional hedge funds are willing to increase their exposure in Bitcoin an...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
The survey results coincide with U.S. inflation climbing to its highest levels since 1992. Traditional hedge funds are willing to increase their exposure in Bitcoin an...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
The MicroStrategy CEO sees Ethereum as a serious competitor to the financial industry. MicroStrategy chief Michael Saylor has room in his heart for other cryptocurren...
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 3 years ago
The dedication MicroStrategy’s CEO puts into Bitcoin raises questions even in the crypto sphere. Imagine how people in the traditional financial world feel. Michael Saylor joined CNBC’s “Fast Money” talk show to discuss his co...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
More publicly traded firms added Bitcoin to their treasuries during the first four months of 2021 than during the entirety of last year. But will it continue? More tha...
by COINS NEWS - 3 years ago
Like this article from March of 2019. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/02/dont-buy-bitcoin-says-wealth-manager-peter-mallouk.html $5000BTC? Oh no. Some expert outlining the fact that there are 1000s of shitcoins as the reason it will collapse. Funny be...
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 3 years ago
Bitcoin price is trading in a positive zone above the $40,000 level against the US Dollar. BTC is likely to start a fresh rally if it clears the $41,200 resistance zone.
Bitcoin remained in a positive zone above the $39,000 and $40,000 levels.
The p...