PRICE CHART
$59,541.94
0.56%
Bitcoin to USD, with live range and intraperiod price movement.
24H High
$60,359.67
24H Low
$58,935.3
Market Cap
$1.2T
24H Volume
$19.88B
PriceUSD
$60,359.67$59,541.94$58,935.3
ABOUT BTC

What is Bitcoin?

Bitcoin is a decentralized cryptocurrency originally described in a 2008 whitepaper by a person, or group of people, using the alias Satoshi Nakamoto. It was launched soon after, in January 2009. Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer online currency, meaning that all transactions happen directly between equal, independent network participants, without the need for any intermediary to permit or facilitate them. Bitcoin was created, according to Nakamoto’s own words, to allow “online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.” Some concepts for a similar type of a decentralized electronic currency precede BTC, but Bitcoin holds the distinction of being the first-ever…

Hashing Algorithm
SHA-256
Genesis Date
2009-01-03
Country Origin
Market Rank
1
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