The Future of currency and payment networks
Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and a payment system invented by an unidentified programmer, or group of programmers, under the name of Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin was introduced on 31 October 2008 to a cryptography mailing list, and released as open source software in 2009.
Digital Mining: A DECENTRALISED network
Mining is a record-keeping service. Miners keep the blockchain consistent, complete, and unalterable by repeatedly verifying and collecting newly broadcast transactions into a new group of transactions called a block. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, using the SHA-256 hashing algorithm, which links it to the previous block, thus giving the blockchain its name.
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"I'm a big fan of Bitcoin... Regulation of money supply needs to be depoliticized."
Al Gore
Former US vice president and winner of Nobel Peace prize |
"Bitcoin is a technological tour de force."
Bill Gates
Microsoft Co-founder |
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Nobel Peace prize nominee |