Bitcoin

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wikipedia:Bitcoin (Oct 2008)

Bitcoin is based on secp256k1 elliptic curve encrypted with the ECDSA algorithm.

The PoW requires miners to find a number called a nonce, such that when the block content is hashed along with the nonce, the result is numerically smaller than the network's difficulty target.

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
• Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC)

Activities

• Read Bitcoin protocol documentation https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Protocol_documentation
• Review wikipedia:List of bitcoin companies

Related terms

• wikipedia:Satoshi Nakamoto [email protected] (1&1)
• SHA-256
• MicroStrategy
• "Bitcoin is almost as bs as fiat money" Elon Musk quotes
• Grayscale
• Taproot
• Cryptocurrency

See also

• Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), blockchain.com, Coinbase, Cryptocurrency wallet, Ripple, Grayscale, Hummingbot, USD Coin, Zcash, Polkadot, bitcoin-cli, BSV, Bitmain, Hal Finney, List of bitcoin forks, Lightning Network, Minsc, SegWit, Bitcoin mining, BIP, Bech32, Ordinals, SPV, Bitcoin testnet, Satoshi Nakamoto, BRC-20, Bitcoin genesis block, Bitcoin address
• Crypto, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Stablecoin, Cryptocurrency address, Cryptocurrency wallet, Cryptocurrency exchange, DeFi, ZK, Crypto companies, Litecoin, Thodex, Ripple, Chainlink, BAT, Qredo (Qredo protocol), AMM, MEV, Uniswap, PoW, PoS, Proof of authority, Polkadot, Zilliqa, CryptoCurrency Security Standard (CCSS), BlockFi, Riot, Xcoex, Web3, Gas, Transfer of Funds Regulation (TFR), NodeReal, Wert, Stellar, DeSo, UTXO, dApp, Token, Boson Protocol, DeversiFi, Paxos Trust Company, Consensus, BlockchainFonds, Block (Crypto), TVL, TTD, Execution Layer (EL), Digital asset, Hashrate, MiCA, Rosetta API, Sybil attack, MELD, Crypto timeline, Cryptocurrency nodes, Ports in crypto, TRUST, VASPs, Velmie, Railgun, Quantstamp, Nakamoto Consensus, DLT