Bitcoin (BTC)

• Worldwide (Decentralized)
• Blockchain: Bitcoin
• Ticker: BTC
• Type: Cryptocurrency
• Proof type: Proof-of-Work (PoW)
• Algorithm: SHA-256

• Circulating^*: 17,309,400
• Total: 17,309,400
• Max: 21,000,000

• Blockchain.info
• Blockcypher.com

• Bitcoin.org
• Status: Online

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Bitcoin is the first working cryptocurrency. Bitcoin consists of two ‘main parts’. On the one hand you have the coin itself (means of payment) and on the other hand you have the underlying technology of the Bitcoin network, the ‘blockchain‘. With the bitcoin payments can be made without intermediaries such as banks or credit card companies. The control of the correct number of available bitcoins to make the transaction is...

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Bitcoin reached an all-time-high of $20089 on 2017-12-17 and is currently down -80%.