How did bitcoin start
what is bitcoin
What is bitcoin< p> Bitcoin was a kind of virtual currency at the beginning, which can buy real-life goods. It is characterized by decentralization, anonymity and can only be used in the digital world. It does not belong to any country or financial institution. Bitcoin is not subject to geographical restrictions and can be exchanged anywhere in the world. Therefore, it is also used as a money laundering tool by some criminals. In 2013, the US government recognized the legal status of bitcoin, which made the price of bitcoin rise a lot. At that time, a bitcoin was equivalent to 6989 yuan. After that, bitcoin was blocked by many parties because of its status quo of encouraging illegal activities and disrupting the financial order. China stopped the registration of new users on September 14, 2017, and stopped all trading business on September 30in fact, Mr. Xiao Zaojun paid attention to this very early. Last year, I wrote a popular science article about blockchain and bitcoin. At that time, the price of bitcoin seemed to be $3000, and many people suggested that I start. After thinking about it, I still didn't buy it
later, bitcoin soared and plummeted, peaking at $20000, and then quickly fell to $8000. I'm both sorry and glad<
today, I've also rerouted that article (with some revisions). I hope it will help you to know more about blockchain and bitcoin technology
in my opinion, whether you invest in bitcoin or not, whether you believe in blockchain or not, first of all, you should fully understand them
today, let's talk about blockchain and bitcoin
well, here's the thing -
these days, if you haven't heard of bitcoin, it's really out
when you see the glittering gold coin, is it a moment of spirit
in other words, bitcoin is not an ordinary fire nowadays. Some friends always come to ask Mr. Xiao Zaojun about it. Even when you take the subway, you can hear people around you talking about it<
bitcoin has been used for several times, and the most influential one is this:
children's shoes must be familiar, and indivial children's shoes are expected to be shocked
Yes, this is the blackmail window that popped up after computer poisoning when wannacry blackmail virus broke out in May 2017
the words in the blue box are the way blackmailers ask for ransom - "only accept payment in bitcoin", and others are not recognized. At the same time, the blackmailer also kindly tells you how to buy bitcoin
as a result, bitcoin, along with the blackmail virus, swipes the screen all over the world, greatly enhancing its popularity.
Bitcoin, English name bitcoin, is a digital currency based on blockchain technology, which is composed of a series of computer-generated complex codes. Like RMB's ¥ and US dollar's $, bitcoin has its own symbol, the "B" in the figure below
The inventor of
bitcoin is Nakamoto. Satoshi Nakamoto is the creator of bitcoin protocol and its related software bitcoin QT. In 2008, he published a paper called "bitcoin: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system", describing an electronic currency and its algorithm that he called "bitcoin"
In 2009, he released the first bitcoin software and officially launched the bitcoin financial system In 2010, he graally faded out and handed over the project to other members of the bitcoin communityNakamoto is believed to hold about one million bitcoins. If the price of each bitcoin was $2W, it was worth $20 billion at one time. So far, his true identity is still unknown to the outside world, that is to say, no one knows who Nakamoto is
bitcoin appeared after the global financial crisis in 2008. In fact, before that, many people have tried electronic currency, digital currency and virtual currency, but they have not succeeded. There are not only technical reasons, but also social environment and economic background reasons. To some extent, it was the 2008 financial crisis that gave birth to bitcoin
at present, bitcoin is still a small-scale large-scale socialization experiment, which is in the early stage of development, and the supporting infrastructure is not perfect. It is very difficult for some bitcoin start-ups to make profits at present. If there is no continuous large-scale capital entry, it is normal for them to go bankrupt. This is not the same company as the bank, but there are many enterprises that set up banks, and many banking enterprises will go bankrupt because of poor management. For example, the most typical example is Lehman Brothers bank. Bitcoin home network has a basic introction about bitcoin, you can learn about it.
historical background
bitcoin is one of the first currencies to realize the concept of "cryptocurrency". In 1998, Wei Dai first expounded the concept of "cryptocurrency" in cypherpunks mailing list. Based on the basic concept of money, which is used to pay for goods, services and debt or any form of records in a given country or economy, bitcoin is a new form of money. Its original design is to integrate the idea of not relying on the central authority, using the principle of cryptography to control the issuance and transaction of money
in 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto published the first bitcoin specification and its proof of concept in the cryptography mailing list. At the end of 2010, Nakamoto claimed that he had transferred to other affairs and left the project. The creator of bitcoin never revealed his true identity, but left his invention to the world. Today, the origin and motivation of the invention of bitcoin is still a mysterious story
since 2010, many developers have devoted themselves to this project, and the bitcoin community has grown rapidly. Between June and July 2011, bitcoin suddenly gained media attention, leading to large-scale buying. The resulting bubble led to the continued decline in the price of bitcoin in the second half of 2011. After that, the price of bitcoin graally rose to the height of 2011
in order to regulate, protect and promote the development of bitcoin, the bitcoin foundation was established on September 27, 2012. Nowadays, with the increasing number of bitcoin users, bitcoin economy is developing rapidly
technical features
any network like bitcoin has the following basic features:
bitcoin can be transferred between any node of the network
the transaction is irreversible
the use of block chain avoids the occurrence of double consumption
the transaction will spread out in a few seconds and pass validation in 10 to 60 minutes
transaction processing and currency issuance are carried out through mining
bitcoin can be received at any time whether it is online or not<
economic rules
the whole bitcoin network jointly implements the following rules:
the total amount of bitcoin issued is about 21 million
a bitcoin can be divided into 8 decimal places, with a total of about 21 × 1014 monetary units
transaction costs are very low and most of them are free
statistics
bitcoin network has been running continuously for more than 48 months. In the past year, bitcoin's security features have attracted attention and developed significantly. As of April 2013:
the longest block chain has more than 232000 blocks
one of the largest distributed computing networks in the world, with more than 65 trillion hashes per second
there are 50000 transactions every day, with a total amount of several million US dollars
the total value of bitcoin in circulation exceeds US $1.3 billion
there is only one major security incident in the protocol, which was resolved in August 2010
other information can be referred to:
Network: http://ke..com/view/5784548.htm
bitcoin official website: http://bitcoin.org/zh_ CN/
When you heard that many people who bought bitcoin got rich overnight, Japan also legislated to accept bitcoin, and then the major businesses supported bitcoin payment... You also have grass in your heart. Although I don't know what this coin is, it seems to make a lot of money. Do you want to buy it for two yuan
With a wave of his hand, Mr. Nakamoto, you guys need not worry. In order to make money... Oh no, in order to save the economic crisis, I have already considered this small matter carefully. In order to ensure the authenticity and quantity of each coin, each of us has a small notebook. On this magical notebook, you can see the birth of each coin, and everyone is a witness. At the same time, for the sake of safety, our notebook also has a very cool function, which is to have an invisible lock. You can only see it, but you can't change it. This kind of bitcoin has authenticity and authorityat the same time, you can rest assured that bitcoin will not be used in vain. I have found many "bricks" of mainstream economics, analyzed bitcoin and predicted that it will become the mainstream currency in the future. Now you can dig (Jian) currency without spending a cent, and you can wait for the currency to appreciate. Isn't it super good
this boasting, we listen to the bious, some people go to dig (Jian) money, some keep watching. At this time, Nakamoto took action. In 2014, he secretly united with American e-commerce giants such as eBay, airbnb and Uber, which began to accept bitcoin payment. Since then, the bitcoin market has really begun. Many people know that there is money coming in vain, and they also begin to join the ranks of coin digging. However, the number of people is still small, and there are not many coins g up
until 2017, when the blackmail virus incident occurred and the whole world suffered from large-scale network virus attacks, the poisoning unit had only two choices, either waiting for the computer to GG and the data disappeared, or paying about RMB 2069 bitcoin to unlock
this made bitcoin instantly become global famous. At the same time, all units had no choice but to buy coins. At this time, the brothers who had been digging for (Jian) coins for five or six years had a collective climax. There were so many coins. You want to buy them, right. In this way, the value of pure virtual bitcoin without real value soared to $2151 / piece
since then, as you have heard, XXX has accumulated more than n bitcoins, which have soared ten thousand times and become rich overnight
up to now, the creator of bitcoin, Nakamoto Tsung, has become a fan of identity, but bitcoin is still not accepted by most countries, including China. At present, bitcoin's high trading volume is also an illusion. Most of them are bad speculators. Through high-frequency trading, they create an illusion to attract investors' attention. This practice is equivalent to Taobao's swiping orders
for you who want to invest, you still need to clarify some things
1. Bitcoin is not restricted by law, and of course it is not protected. Once your trading platform is attacked by hackers, your currency will be lost, there will be no place to find it, and there will be no place to reason Many people go to the rooftop)
2. The fluctuation is very great. You only see a ten thousand fold increase, but not a half drop overnight P>
3, bitcoin has no issuer. In today's financial world, the currency of no issuer is worthless, and the bubble economy may collapse at any time. p>
the last word of advice: don't touch bitcoin as a rookie, or the old bird will speculate and run when they earn money, otherwise they will be sad