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Popularity: #1 Most Popular Cryptocurrency
About Bitcoin
Bitcoin, the world’s first decentralized digital currency, is a technology that has been around since 2009. It was created by an anonymous programmer or programmers under the name of Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks; managing transactions and the issuing of bitcoins is carried out collectively by the network. The history of how Bitcoin came to be is a curious one. In 2008, Nakamoto published a paper describing the technology behind bitcoin and in 2009 released software that created the first block chain which led to the launch of bitcoin itself.
Bitcoin is the world’s most popular digital currency and its popularity is due, in part, to the unique features of the Bitcoin technology. These include:
– Bitcoin being a digital asset that can be transferred between users without the need for a third party
– The use of cryptography to secure transactions and control the creation of new bitcoins
– The use of a public ledger (the block chain) to record all transactions
– The use of bitcoin addresses (a unique 26-35 digit alphanumeric string that represents a user’s account) to receive and send bitcoins
Some of the advantages of Bitcoin are that it is:
– Decentralized – there is no central bank controlling the supply of bitcoin and all payments in bitcoin are recorded on a public ledger called blockchain. This means that no one person or entity can manipulate the value of Bitcoin, which was what happened with some currencies during The Great Recession.
– Anonymous – because you do not have to provide your name or other personal information to use Bitcoin, it is often used for illicit activities.
– Global – there are no currency exchange rates with Bitcoin. You can send and receive bitcoin from anywhere in the world without having to worry about conversion rates.
– Secure – because all payments in Bitcoin are recorded on the blockchain, they cannot be tampered with. This makes Bitcoin a more secure payment option than traditional currencies.