WHAT IS BITCOIN






Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, a form of electronic cash. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user-to-user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries. 
Initial release: 0.1.0 / 9 January 2009 (9 years ago)
Ledger start: 3 January 2009 (9 years ago)
Coins: Unspent outputs of transactions (in multiples of a satoshi)
Supply limit: ₿21,000,000
Founder: Satoshi Nakamoto
Programming language: C++