Bitcoin is the most widely used digital currency. Born on January 3, 2009, it is a peer-to-peer (P2P) digital cryptocurrency with a total of 21 million pieces. The bitcoin network releases a certain amount of COINS every 10 minutes and is expected to reach its limit by 2140. Bitcoin, known to investors as "digital gold," rose nearly 4.6 million times. So far, the total market value of bitcoin has exceeded 374.8 billion yuan. Bitcoin is favored by technology enthusiasts because of its decentralized, global circulation, low transaction costs and anonymous circulation. Recently, Wall Street, central Banks and other traditional financial institutions have begun to study bitcoin blockchain technology, and the people's bank of China has announced plans to develop digital currency. The Japanese government has officially recognized bitcoin as a legal method of payment, and a growing number of Japanese businesses are accepting bitcoin payments.
The characteristics of
Bitcoin is favored by technology enthusiasts for its decentralized, global circulation, low transaction costs, anonymous circulation, exclusive ownership and cross-platform mining. Recently, Wall Street, central Banks and other traditional financial institutions began to study bitcoin blockchain technology. The Japanese government officially recognized bitcoin as the legal payment method, and more and more Japanese merchants accepted bitcoin payment.
Detailed parameters
Bitcoin English name: Bitcoin English abbreviation: BTC
Developer: Satoshi Nakamoto core algorithm: sha-256 release date: 2009/01/03
Total amount: 21 million blocks time: about 600 seconds/block consensus proof: POW
Block award: current 12.5BTC/ block (each output of 210,000 blocks/is approximately halved every four years, and the latest halving time: July 9, 2016)
Risk: expansion of the debate, there are potential bifurcation risk
Monetary unit: BTC/XBT
Bitcoins (BTC)
10−2 Bitcent (cBTC)
10−3 Bitcoins (mBTC)
10−6 micro-bitcoins (micron BTC)
10−8 Satoshi
Commonly used links
Official website: https://bitcoin.org/zh_CN/
Bitcoin FAQ: https://bitcoin.org/zh_CN/faq
Block query: https://blockchain.info/
The value of query website: https://coinmarketcap.com/
The currency dig: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Comparison_of_mining_pools
The source code download: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin
Wallet download: https://bitcoin.org/en/download