Bitcoin
Market Capitalization
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/
Type
Coin
Symbol
BTC or XBT
Description
It is a decentralized digital currency and also an alternative peer-to-peer economic system with transactions recorded in an open and public ledger (blockchain), with transactions being processed through computers connected to a peer-to-peer network, also called "miners."
It was the first blockchain base digital currency ever created in the world.
Whitepaper
In English
Year of creation
2009
Created by
Satoshi Nakamoto (Pseudonym) - The real identity of the creator of Bitcoin is unknown
Transaction Validation Method
Proof-of-work
Validation Cryptographic Protocol
SHA-256
Code Type
Opensource ( Github project )
Blockchain Explorers
Blockchain.info
Acquisition Forms
- Mining (Proof-of-work)
- Direct purchase in exchanges or third parties
History
August 18, 2008 - The bitcoin.org domain has been registeredOctober 31, 2008 - The Bitcoin Whitepaper created by Satoshi Nakamoto was published in an mailing list about cryptography
?? January 2009 - The Bitcoin network was created, with its first block mined by Satoshi Nakamoto
May 22, 2010 - The famous Bitcoins transaction took place in which one person bought two pizzas worth 10,000 bitcoins
?? January 2011 - Eletronic Frontier Foundation has begun accepting Bitcoins
?? June 7, 2011 - The Eletronic Frontier Foundation has suspended receipt of Bitcoins, citing a lack of legal precedents over the use of new monetary systems . Wikileaks began accepting Bitcoins as a form of donation
?? September 2012 - The Bitcoin Foundation has been launched focused on stimulating the use and the propagation of virtual currency
May 15, 2013 - US authorities confiscated accounts associated with the exchange Mt. Gox (the largest exchange at the time), finding that the exchange was not registered as a money transmitter in the FinCEN of the United States
May 17, 2013 - The Eletronic Frontier Foundation has started to accepte Bitcoins again
June 23, 2013 - The United States government seized 11.02 Bitcoins from a man trying to buy illegal substances with the Bitcoins. This was the first time that the US Government announced the confiscation of Bitcoins
October 13, 2013 - The FBI confiscated approximately 26,000 Bitcoins from the Silk Road website, which was a black market for prohibited goods.
?? December 2013 - China's central bank has banned financial institutions from using Bitcoins
?? February 2014 - The exchange Mt. Gox suspended the withdraws, claiming technical problems. At the end of the month, Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy, amid allegations that 744,000 bitcoins were stolen.
?? August 2015 - An estimated 160,000 merchants were accepting bitcoins
?? January 2016 - Network processing rate exceeded 1 exahash / second
?? March 20, 2016 - The government of Japan has recognized that currencies such as Bitcoin have a function similar to Fiat currencies. < em>
?? August 2016 - Exchange Bitfinex was hacked. Approximately 120,000 Bitcoins were stolen. ?? March 2017 - The number of projects in GitHub related to bitcoin exceeded 10,000 August 1, 2017 - Bitcoin Cash fork happened December 6, 2017 - Steam announced that it would no longer accept Bitcoins as payment due to the low speed and high transaction rates of the network. This is a project that I started today at my site http://tradingpassoapasso.com.br/ to create an "encyclopedia" with more relevant information regarding each of the crypto currencies. I would like feedback from the community: Do you think the format is good? and what additional information do you think I should add? Thank you all.