Bitcoin is the most unique cryptocurrency in the world due to its properties: the process of putting it into circulation thanks to mining, the transparency of blockchain data thanks to the Proof-of-Work consensus algorithm, the open source system, etc.
One of the main values of bitcoin and its advantage over all fiat and cryptocurrencies is its limited supply. In total, miners will be able to mine 21,000,000,000 coins. The last coin will be available somewhere around 2140.
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11.11.2024
Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election has become a powerful catalyst for the cryptocurrency market. Since the election results were announced, Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency, has begun to surge rapidly, reaching new all-time highs almost daily. On November 10, 2024, Bitcoin’s rate exceeded $80,000, setting a new record and surpassing the capitalization of Meta Corporation.
19.02.2021
The first cryptocurrency continues to update historical highs: on the night of February 18, bitcoin reached a new record of $ 52.6 thousand. Bitcoin's market capitalization is at around $969 billion, with 59.6% market dominance.
11.02.2021
On February 8, Elon Musk invested $1.5 billion in bitcoin through Tesla, making the largest purchase of bitcoins among companies. Against this background, the bitcoin rate updated its historical maximum: for the first time, quotes exceeded $44,000, breaking the previous record of $41,950.
30.10.2020
BTC grew by 3% per day. On Tuesday, October 27, 2020, it updated a new 16-month high of $13,700. At the same time, global stock markets went down, for example, the leading Wall Street S&P 500 index fell by almost 2%.
03.04.2020
Kraken specialists described the conditions under which bitcoin will rise to $350,000. This can happen by 2044 due to the transfer of capital by inheritance to younger generations.
08.01.2020
Bitcoin has given its investors a Christmas miracle – since yesterday, the rate of the first cryptocurrency has risen to $ 8,000, overcoming several resistance points.
11.10.2019
Bitcoins are also money, not just files on a computer. If some people from our article understood this and learned how to handle electronic money correctly, their fortune today would be thousands of times greater.
10.09.2019
Everything related to Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is directly related to mathematics. Not so long ago, a question was asked about why the creator of the forefather of all cryptocurrencies, Satoshi Nakamoto, decided to issue exactly 21 million BTC, and not any other number.
06.08.2019
Probably, everyone who has heard about cryptocurrency was interested in the history of the emergence of it, and only a person living outside of civilization has not heard about it. Since the creation of the Bitcoin monetary system, the foundations of which originated back in 2008, the cryptocurrency with the same name has become one of the most expensive currencies in the world.