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How Bitcoin works?

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Bitcoin is one of the first digital currencies to use peer-to-peer technology to facilitate instant payments. The independent individuals and companies who own the governing computing power and participate in the Bitcoin network, are comprised of nodes or miners. "Miners," or the people who process the transactions on the blockchain, are motivated by rewards (the release of new bitcoin) and transaction fees paid in bitcoin. These miners can be thought of as the decentralized authority enforcing the credibility of the Bitcoin network. New bitcoin is being released to the miners at a fixed, but periodically declining rate, such that the total supply of bitcoins approaches 21 million. As of July 2020, there are roughly 3 million bitcoins which have yet to be mined. In this way, Bitcoin (and any cryptocurrency generated through a similar process) operates differently from fiat currency; in centralized banking systems, currency is released at a rate matching the

What is Bitcoin/btc?

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Bitcoin is a digital currency created in January 2009 following the housing market crash. It follows the ideas set out in a whitepaper by the mysterious and pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto.The identity of the person or persons who created the technology is still a mystery. Bitcoin offers the promise of lower transaction fees than traditional online payment mechanisms and is operated by a decentralized authority, unlike government-issued currencies. Understanding Bitcoin How Bitcoin Works How Bitcoin Began Who Invented Bitcoin? Before Satoshi Why Is Satoshi Anonymous? Receiving Bitcoins As Payment Working For Bitcoins Investing in Bitcoins Risks of Bitcoin Investing Bitcoin Regulatory Risk Security Risk of Bitcoins Insurance Risk Risk of Bitcoin Fraud Market Risk Bitcoin's Tax Risk Bitcoin Forks What is Bitcoin? Bitcoin is a digital currency created in January 2009 following the housing market crash. It follows the ideas set out in a whitepaper by the mysterious and pseudonymou