Bitcoin Cash is a cryptocurrency that is a fork of Bitcoin. Bitcoin Cash is a spin-off or altcoin that was created in 2017. In 2018 Bitcoin Cash subsequently
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Bitcoin.com
Bitcoin.com is a company that hosts a Bitcoin-related web portal and provides a number of Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash services such as purchasing and selling
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Bitcoin scalability problem
of bitcoin split on 12 March 2013. Bitcoin Cash is a hard fork of bitcoin increasing the maximum block size. Bitcoin XT, Bitcoin Classic and Bitcoin Unlimited
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Bitcoin Unlimited
Bitcoin Unlimited (BU) is a full node implementation for the bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash networks. The Bitcoin Core client, from which Bitcoin Unlimited
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Bitcoin network
proof-of-work system called mining. Satoshi Nakamoto, the designer of bitcoin, claimed that design and coding of bitcoin began in 2007. The project was
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Bitcoin
public distributed ledger called a blockchain. Bitcoins are created as a reward for a process known as mining. They can be exchanged for other currencies
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History of bitcoin
businesses began accepting bitcoin in addition to traditional currencies. Prior to the release of bitcoin there were a number of digital cash technologies starting
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List of bitcoin companies
notable commercial activities related to bitcoin. Common services are cryptocurrency wallet providers, bitcoin exchanges, payment service providers and
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Cryptocurrency (redirect from Cryptocurrency mining)
an anonymous, distributed electronic cash system. Shortly thereafter, Nick Szabo described bit gold. Like bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies that would
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Cloud mining
mine bitcoins or alternative cryptocurrencies without managing the hardware. The mining rigs are housed and maintained in a facility owned by mining company
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Mining pool
are equal, but its cost is calculated only in the end of a round. Bitcoin Pooled mining (BPM), also known as "slush's system", due to its first use on a
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Cryptocurrency and security (section Bitcoin)
tokens worth $400 million were stolen in 2018 Zaif $60 million in Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Monacoin stolen in September 2018 Binance In 2019 cryptocurrencies
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Double-spending (redirect from Bitcoin Gold Double Spend Attack)
(specifically finding a partial hash collision) called mining. The block commits to the entire history of bitcoin transactions as well as the new set of incoming
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Bitmain (category Bitcoin companies)
that designs application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chips for bitcoin mining. It was founded by Jihan Wu and Micree Zhan in 2013. Prior to founding
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Ghash.io (redirect from CEX.IO Bitcoin Exchange)
GHash.IO was a bitcoin mining pool that operated from 2013-2016. The pool gained notoriety for briefly controlling more than 51% of bitcoin's compute power
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Litecoin (section Differences from Bitcoin)
and ASIC devices made for mining Litecoin are more complicated to create and more expensive to produce than they are for Bitcoin, which uses SHA-256. When
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Hashcash (redirect from Hash cash)
more recently has become known for its use in bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies) as part of the mining algorithm. Hashcash was proposed in 1997 by Adam
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Economics of bitcoin
cash, virtual currency, electronic currency, digital gold, or cryptocurrency. The question whether bitcoin is a currency or not is disputed. Bitcoins
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Parasitic computing (section Parasitic Bitcoin mining)
computing resources and results to easily convert into cash for criminals. In January 2014, Bitcoin mining malware was distributed through a Java exploit by
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List of cryptocurrencies
"What Comes After Bitcoin?". Pacific Standard. Retrieved January 18, 2014. Vega, Danny (December 4, 2013). "Ripple's Big Move: Mining Crypto currency with
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Results from sister projects
Strategy for Information Markets/Micropayments
real-life work that miners perform to extract minerals. Users competing in Bitcoin mining run computerized programs that solve puzzles in return for new BTC.