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Apr 18, 2026science-and-technology

What is bitcoin and how does it work?

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@ritwiksingh1279Sep 4, 2025

Bitcoin has become talk of town nowadays. On one hand, the most high tech. country Japan gives them green signal and considers bitcoin as a legal tender while on the other, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase (an American multinational banking and financial services) calls it a fraud.

 

Bitcoinis a digital currency that uses rules of cryptography for regulation and generation of units of currency. They come under under the scope of cryptocurrency. It is a digital asset that is designed to work as a medium of exchange of goods and services through online to secure transactions, to control the creation of additional units, and to verify the transfer of assets.

 

Bitcoin was first invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009 and since then its value has been soaring high and recently, it has plunged over 50 percent of its value. Bitcoins are completely virtual coins that are designed for those who need no bank to move and store their money.

 

A lot of websites and servers accept Bitcoin and one can use bitcoins to purchase goods and services online or they can save them and hope that their value increases over the years. Bitcoins are exchanged from one personal 'wallet' to another. A wallet is a small personal database that you can store either on your computer drive, on your smartphone or on your tablet.

 

Staying updated with the current Bitcoin price  is essential for anyone involved in the market, as it helps in making informed decisions about buying or selling this pioneering cryptocurrency.

 

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@pawan1singh5162Feb 23, 2018
  • Hosp has explained before why a potential cryptocurrency bubble could burst in 2018, but there are several factors that make him see upside potential in the space.
  • For bitcoin, the most important cryptocurrency by his estimation, he sees a 150 percent potential upside for 2018.
  • Taking into account several factors, the cryptocurrency market's upside potential could rise to up to seven or eight times present levels, he says.
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@augustinesunday7067Feb 3, 2020
Bitcoin is a kind of electronic money that has no central authority.
This means that btc operates without a central bank and it enables users to send and receive money worldwide, without the need of a third party ( Banks or payment gateways ) which is also known as a peer to peer transaction.
Bitcoins are not printed like the Dollars or like any other fiat currency.
Rather they are been mined electronically using a computer and software.
Most people still don’t know that BTC is equivalent to real cash. meaning it is exchangeable. you can sell it for cash or use cash to purchase bitcoin just like Gold.
BTC are stored on bitcoin wallets which allows you to send and receive it.
Do you know the reason why I love Bitcoin?
It’s fast, cheap to use, Untraceable and the government has zero control over it.

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@adamgill5774Feb 3, 2020
In the cryptocurrency field, binance is the famous name. binance give the best binance phone number support. coininfoexchange provide binance phone number
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@gauravnainwal4284Jul 14, 2021

in simple word

bitcoin is a currency which is only exist in digital form. you can buy sell think through bitcoin and also mine it through your phone , computer .


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no involvement of government in it

free to mine but need good minning setup

no one see ur transactions .

u can buy any thing.

till now unhackeable.


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@olenakovalenko8800Apr 16, 2026

Good explanation 👍
Bitcoin really is one of the most well-known examples of how cryptocurrency works — decentralized, peer-to-peer, and not controlled by any central bank.

What I find interesting is how differently people still see it: some treat it as a long-term store of value, others as a trading asset for short-term gains. In practice, I think a lot also depends on how easy it is to actually use and exchange it in real life and platforms make it simpler for users to convert and move between crypto and fiat without much friction.

Overall, it’s still an evolving space, and understanding the basics like wallets and blockchain is key before getting involved.

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@mohdadeeb2272Apr 17, 2026

Bitcoin is a digital currency that works without any bank or central authority, it allows people to send and receive money directly over the internet using a system called blockchain, every transaction is recorded on a public ledger which makes it secure and transparent, new bitcoins are created through a process called mining where powerful computers solve complex problems, overall Bitcoin works as a decentralized form of money that people can use for online payments or investment.

 
 
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