Bitcoin
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Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and worldwide payment system. It is the first decentralized digital currency, as the system works without a central bank or single administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and transactions take place between users directly through the use of cryptography, without an intermediary.
| Type | Private | |
| Founded | 2009 | |
| Website | bitcoin.org |
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Latest Updates
| Cybersecurity rating | B | More |
Bitcoin Financials and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2009 |
Bitcoin total Funding | $1 m |
Bitcoin latest funding size | $1 m |
Time since last funding | 4 years ago |
Cryptocurrency | Bitcoin (BTC) |
Bitcoin's latest funding round in January 2017 was reported to be $1 m. In total, Bitcoin has raised $1 m
Bitcoin Operating Metrics
| Jan, 2017 | Feb, 2017 | Mar, 2017 | Apr, 2017 | May, 2017 | Jun, 2017 | Jul, 2017 | Aug, 2017 | Sep, 2017 | Oct, 2017 | Nov, 2017 | Dec, 2017 | Jan, 2018 | Feb, 2018 | Mar, 2018 | Apr, 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monthly Transactions | 8.58 m | 8.27 m | 8.88 m | 8.33 m | 10.07 m | 8.06 m | 7.23 m | 7.76 m | 7.34 m | 8.98 m | 9.34 m | 11.19 m | 8.87 m | 5.35 m | 5.69 m | 5.75 m |
Average Daily Transactions | 276.84 k | 295.46 k | 286.39 k | 277.83 k | 324.74 k | 268.65 k | 233.3 k | 250.36 k | 244.69 k | 289.77 k | 311.36 k | 372.85 k | 295.6 k | 191.14 k | 183.56 k | 191.62 k |
Average Daily Transactions Volume | $165.93 m | $152.96 m | $350.72 m | $325.25 m | $1.11 b | $1.48 b | $1.05 b | $2.05 b | $1.86 b | $1.87 b | $4.69 b | $13.68 b | $13.87 b | $8.2 b | $6.25 b | $6.55 b |
GitHub Commits | 280 | 250 | 294 | 206 | 272 | 178 | 222 | 237 | 347 | 416 |
Bitcoin Cybersecurity Score
Bitcoin Online and Social Media Presence
2.6m Twitter followers
Bitcoin has 2.6m Twitter Followers. The number of followers has increased 9% month over month and increased 76.9% quarter over quarter
Bitcoin's Trends
Twitter Engagement Stats for @Bitcoin
23.2k
Tweets
70
Following
2.6m
Followers
31
Tweets last 30 days
3k
Avg. likes per Tweet
100%
Tweets with engagement
Bitcoin News and Updates
June 07, 2021
MicroStrategy to Sell $400 Million in Debt to Buy More Bitcoin
MicroStrategy to Sell $400 Million in Debt to Buy More Bitcoin
June 07, 2021
Use This Daily Chart To Trade Bitcoin
Use moving averages and value levels, pivots and risky levels to capture the choppy trading patterns for bitcoin.
June 07, 2021
Need to Know: Bitcoin is ‘least favorite’ asset among hedge fund investment chiefs, Goldman survey finds
Bitcoin was the least favorite investment among chief investment officers, followed by new IPOs, a Goldman Sachs survey has found.
June 07, 2021
We need a global crackdown on Bitcoin mining to curb its monstrous energy demands
Huge concrete data centers, permanently plugged into power plants and telephone exchanges, maintain much of online life. But the infrastructure behind internet-based cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, dogecoin and ethereum is more like a rusty traveling circus. And right now, that circus is on the ro…
June 07, 2021
There’s a New Vision for Crypto, and It’s Wildly Different From Bitcoin
Hardcore Bitcoiners liken it to “digital gold” — a safe-haven asset. And even people who aren’t so into it more or less accept it.
June 07, 2021
21Shares To Launch UK Bitcoin ETP On Aquis Exchange With GHCO
UK launch to follow recent successful debut on Euronext Paris and Amsterdam
Bitcoin Blogs
January 21, 2021
Regarding CSW and the Bitcoin Whitepaper
Yesterday both Bitcoin.org and Bitcoincore.org received allegations of copyright infringement of the Bitcoin whitepaper by lawyers
representing Craig Steven Wright. In this letter, they claim Craig owns the copyright to the paper, the Bitcoin name, and
ownership of bitcoin.org. They also claim he …
September 26, 2019
Recognizing Recent Efforts By Volunteer Contributors on the Translation Team
Through continued donations and support from the community, we’re thankful to
have recently been able to send out over $15,000 USD worth of bitcoin as a
gesture of gratitude to people who volunteer to help translate bitcoin.org and
spread the word about Bitcoin. Each month, contributors are helping …
September 24, 2019
A New Design for Wallet Pages
A new, more user-friendly and simple set of pages designed to help people find
an ideal bitcoin wallet is now available. It includes a step-by-step wizard to
help people become more familiar with wallets, ratings to compare how they stack
up alongside other wallets, as well as explanations of featur…
February 14, 2019
Bitcoin.org Content Now Available in 25+ Languages
Bitcoin is Spreading
Over the the past year, as part of Bitcoin.org’s ongoing content translation
initiative to help spread information about Bitcoin all around the world, many
people have helped extend and update the site into their own native languages.
Thanks to community donations and a spon…
September 14, 2018
How to Help Translate Bitcoin.org
If you’re a fluent or native speaker of a language other than English, this
blog post will help you learn how to get started translating Bitcoin.org so
that more people around the world who speak your language can learn about
Bitcoin.
Thank you to Simon AKA “Komodorpudel” for preparing content to h…
September 07, 2018
A Big Thanks to Recent Translators
Acknowledging Recent Translators
Thanks to a sponsorship from Paxful,
the following volunteer translators who have been the most active contributors
in recent months are being given bitcoin for their efforts:
Abegi
FrancescoGalati
JurgenH
Kasvain
Komodorpudel
Kruell233
MedMus
Ra…
Bitcoin Frequently Asked Questions
When was Bitcoin founded?
Bitcoin was founded in 2009.
Who are Bitcoin competitors?
Competitors of Bitcoin include IOTA, Monero and Litecoin.
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