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Bitcoin

Symbol

BTC

Type

Public

Consensus

Proof of Work

Launch Date

03-01-2009

Founder(s)

Satoshi Nakamoto

Developer

Bitcoin Core

About Bitcoin

Bitcoin is the first and largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, created in 2009 by the pseudonymous developer Satoshi Nakamoto. Operating on a decentralized peer-to-peer network, Bitcoin uses Proof of Work consensus to secure transactions without intermediaries. With a fixed supply cap of 21 million coins, Bitcoin is widely regarded as digital gold and a store of value. The Bitcoin network processes transactions through mining and has spawned an entire ecosystem of Layer 2 solutions like the Lightning Network for faster, cheaper payments.

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