When bitcoin first came out
It was officially born on January 3, 2009
since 2015, the future of bitcoin has become more and more uncertain. On the one hand, bitcoin fell as much as 55.55% against RMB last year; In 2015, bitcoin fell by more than 30% against the RMB in the first half of January alone
bitcoin's "falling" reflects the "self-healing" of its value after "fanaticism" to a certain extent. According to statistics, in 2013, bitcoin rose from 1 ∶ 13.59 to 1 ∶ 731, with an annual increase of 5300%. This speculative driven inflation has affected the virtual currency property on which bitcoin relies
on the one hand, no country has defined it as a legal currency. On the other hand, in 2014, the US dollar rose significantly, and the prices of oil and bulk commodities fell correspondingly. The price trend of bitcoin is the same as that of the latter, becoming part of the asset allocation of some speculators, which highlights that its asset attribute is far greater than the monetary attribute
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Security and credit risk have also become the reasons for the decline of investor confidence. Mt. GOx, once the world's largest bitcoin exchange, claimed in March last year that it had lost all its assets e to hacker attacks. Recently, it was revealed that its lost bitcoin was probably e to internal system manipulation
the regulatory environment of bitcoin is not optimistic, and Russia, Thailand and other countries have begun to implement strict control on it. In addition, the global stock market performed well last year, resulting in the diversion of bitcoin investment funds, and the crazy "mining" activities also rapidly increased the supply of bitcoin, which may lead to a trend of oversupply in the short term, leading to a sharp drop in the price of bitcoin
When bitcoin first appeared in 2009, its price was less than 1 cent. One dollar could be converted into 1300 bitcoins, that is to say, seven yuan could be converted into 1300 bitcoins. On May 5, 2017, bitfinex, an overseas digital currency trading platform, quoted a price. Bitcoin once hit US $1700, or about RMB 11737
the concept of bitcoin was first proposed by Nakamoto on November 1, 2008, and was officially born on January 3, 2009. According to the idea of Nakamoto, the open source software is designed and released, and the P2P network on it is constructed. Bitcoin is a virtual encrypted digital currency in the form of P2P. Point to point transmission means a decentralized payment system
unlike all currencies, bitcoin does not rely on specific currency institutions. It is generated by a large number of calculations based on specific algorithms. Bitcoin economy uses the distributed database composed of many nodes in the whole P2P network to confirm and record all transactions, and uses the design of cryptography to ensure the security of all aspects of currency circulation
the decentralized feature and algorithm of P2P can ensure that it is impossible to artificially control the value of bitcoin by mass manufacturing. The design based on cryptography can make bitcoin only be transferred or paid by the real owner. This also ensures the anonymity of money ownership and circulation transactions. The biggest difference between bitcoin and other virtual currencies is that the total amount of bitcoin is very limited and it has a strong scarcity
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bitcoin is e-cash similar to e-mail, and both parties need "bitcoin wallet" similar to e-mail and "bitcoin address" similar to e-mail address. Just like sending and receiving e-mail, the remitter pays bitcoin directly to the other party through a computer or smart phone according to the recipient's address. The following table lists some websites that download bitcoin wallets and addresses for free
a bitcoin address is a string of about 33 characters long, consisting of letters and numbers, always starting with 1 or 3, such as & quot& quot; Bitcoin software can generate address automatically, and it doesn't need to exchange information online, so it can be offline. There are a lot of bitcoin addresses available
the bitcoin address and private key appear in pairs, and their relationship is just like the bank card number and password. A bitcoin address is like a bank card number, which is used to record how much bitcoin is stored in the address. You can generate bitcoin address to store bitcoin at will. When each bitcoin address is generated, a corresponding private key of the address will be generated
this private key can prove ownership of the bitcoin at the address. The bitcoin address can be simply understood as the bank card number, and the private key of the address can be understood as the password of the corresponding bank card number. Only when you know the bank password can you use the money on the bank card number. Therefore, please keep the address and private key when using bitcoin wallet
source of reference: network bitcoin
now there are more ways to get involved in bitcoin. You can mine, buy and sell bitcoin, provide goods or services in exchange for bitcoin, and of course, dig futures. Bitcoin home has more information.
bitcoin is not a currency. First of all, it is not issued by the state and is not protected by law in addition, the quantity of bitcoin is scarce, which can not meet the function of currency circulation and trading
I believe everyone has heard of bitcoin, especially with the advent of the virtual currency trend, many virtual currencies are marked with & lt; When you missed bitcoin, don't miss so and so now; The slogan of the advertisement comes face to face. So even if many people don't know bitcoin, they are passive< so bitcoin is not a household name in the world, but also a national virtual currency
you should know that the most important thing of currency is to have national endorsement, which is the legal tender of the country, so that it is possible to circulate and trade in the world in addition, the amount of money must be proportional to the number of people, which requires the country to carry out complex calculations and surveys
On the other hand, bitcoin is not supported by the state, let alone issued by a certain country. Moreover, the number of bitcoins is simply too small compared to the audience< therefore, bitcoin is more like a virtual collection than money strong>