BTC logo
BTC
$111,371.00
1.56%
ETH logo
ETH
$4,054.23
0.14%
USDT logo
USDT
$1.0005
0.04%
BNB logo
BNB
$1,185.82
0.70%
XRP logo
XRP
$2.4524
1.30%
SOL logo
SOL
$196.83
2.22%
USDC logo
USDC
$0.9999
0.00%
TRX logo
TRX
$0.3223
1.68%
DOGE logo
DOGE
$0.1998
0.51%
ADA logo
ADA
$0.6791
1.15%
HYPE logo
HYPE
$39.20
0.04%
LINK logo
LINK
$18.45
0.39%
USDE logo
USDE
$1.0001
0.05%
XLM logo
XLM
$0.3296
0.75%
BCH logo
BCH
$524.85
2.84%
SUI logo
SUI
$2.7061
2.62%
AVAX logo
AVAX
$22.10
0.67%
WBT logo
WBT
$42.16
0.12%
LEO logo
LEO
$9.6263
0.00%
HBAR logo
HBAR
$0.1830
0.84%
BTC logo
BTC
$111,371.00
1.56%
ETH logo
ETH
$4,054.23
0.14%
USDT logo
USDT
$1.0005
0.04%
BNB logo
BNB
$1,185.82
0.70%
XRP logo
XRP
$2.4524
1.30%
SOL logo
SOL
$196.83
2.22%
USDC logo
USDC
$0.9999
0.00%
TRX logo
TRX
$0.3223
1.68%
DOGE logo
DOGE
$0.1998
0.51%
ADA logo
ADA
$0.6791
1.15%
HYPE logo
HYPE
$39.20
0.04%
LINK logo
LINK
$18.45
0.39%
USDE logo
USDE
$1.0001
0.05%
XLM logo
XLM
$0.3296
0.75%
BCH logo
BCH
$524.85
2.84%
SUI logo
SUI
$2.7061
2.62%
AVAX logo
AVAX
$22.10
0.67%
WBT logo
WBT
$42.16
0.12%
LEO logo
LEO
$9.6263
0.00%
HBAR logo
HBAR
$0.1830
0.84%
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What Is Bitcoin?

In 2008, a pseudonymous programmer named Satoshi Nakamoto published a 9-page document outlining a new decentralized, digital currency. They called it Bitcoin.

By Andrey Sergeenkov
Updated Apr 9, 2024, 10:57 p.m. Published Jan 26, 2022, 4:33 p.m.
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