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 / NewsBTC - 3 years ago
An opposite reaction to the “Bitcoin Law” passed by El Salvador and to its growing adoption was to be expected. Mainstream media has been replicating news on BTC alleged negative environmental impact, its use for illicit activities, and o...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
JP Morgan says that El Salvador's decision to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender is of little economic benefit. JPMorgan is the latest source to respond to El Salvadorβs de...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
PRESS RELEASE. Bitcoin.com Exchange is thrilled to announce the listing of CWAP, being available to trade on the 11th June 2021 at 10:00AM UTC. CWAP was created by the DeFire team, as the native currency which sets the ‘right’ economic in...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 3 years ago
Jack Dorsey hints Square may develop a BTC hardware wallet
Square CEO Jack Dorsey has revealed that the San Francisco-based digital payments company plans to develop a hardware Bitcoin wallet. He first mentioned the project in a tweet last Friday and...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 3 years ago
Xinjiang and Qinghai provinces have reportedly ordered miners to shut down their operations amid Beijing’s relentless crackdown.
China’s latest move against bitcoin mining is seeing more and more miners pushed out of the major mining regi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
Sustained higher levels mean a retreat to $30,000 is looking less and less essential to preserve the bull market. Bitcoin (BTC) traded in a higher range on Friday, wit...
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 3 years ago
El Salvador passed a bill making Bitcoin legal tender this week, putting it on equal footing with the country’s official national currency, the U.S dollar.
While this was celebrated as a victory for Bitcoin, the International Monetary Fund (IMF...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
The Netherlands must ban the mining, trading and holding of Bitcoin because it doesnβt meet any of the three functions of money and is handy for criminals, one Dutch official argued....
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 3 years ago
The Bitcoin Mining Council was unveiled yesterday following a successful meeting involving energy-conscious US Bitcoin mining entities.
Tesla’s chief Elon Musk has no formal role in the recently unveiled Bitcoin Mining Council (BMC) despite hav...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph β - 3 years ago
El Salvadorβs move to make Bitcoin legal tender in the country continues to elicit reactions from legacy finance gatekeepers β this time, from the Bank for International Settlements....
by COINS NEWS - 3 years ago
Simple topics made in 1 minute like this one are fun from time to time and they can get 10k+ upvotes but anything that has any kind of technical discussions on new features/updates that could actually benefit the whole industry (after all it's al...
by COINS NEWS - 3 years ago
Simple topics made in 1 minute like this one are fun from time to time and they can get 10k+ upvotes but anything that has any kind of technical discussions on new features/updates that could actually benefit the whole industry (after all it's al...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 3 years ago
The company’s May production and operations update revealed it had mined a total of 924 BTC so far this year.
Nasdaq listed Bitcoin mining company Riot Blockchain yesterday released an update on its production and operations for May 2021. Headq...