Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a digital asset and payment network that runs on its own public blockchain without a central issuer. Software rules enforced by network participants cap its supply at 21 million coins.
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Bitcoin is a digital asset and payment network that runs on its own public blockchain without a central issuer. Software rules enforced by network participants cap its supply at 21 million coins.
A blockchain is a shared ledger that records transactions in linked blocks copied across many computers. Each block contains a cryptographic fingerprint of the one before it, so changing old records is detectable.