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What is Bitcoin
1.
A peer-to-peer-based, anonymous electronic payment system.
Learn more in: Bitcoin for E-Commerce: Principles and Applications
2.
Bitcoin
is a complete decentralized peer to peer and permission less cryptocurrency, it’s a form of electronic cash system with completely decentralized; cannot be any central party for ordering or recording or controlling your currency like bank or government.
Learn more in: Blockchain and Its Integration as a Disruptive Technology
3.
A type of digital currency in which a record of transactions is maintained, and new units of currency are generated by the computational solution of mathematical problems, and which operates independently of a central bank.
Learn more in: Finance in the World of Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization
4.
Bitcoin
is a virtual currency created by cryptography.
Learn more in: Financial Innovation: Theories, Models, and Future
5.
This is the first and the most popular cryptocurrency that uses blockchain technology to conduct digital transactions.
Learn more in: Blockchain Technology: Initiatives and Use Cases in the Industry
6.
Bitcoin
is a complete decentralized peer to peer and permission less cryptocurrency, it’s a form of electronic cash system with completely decentralized; cannot be any central party for ordering or recording or controlling your currency like bank or government.
Learn more in: Cross-Industry Use of Blockchain Technology and Opportunities for the Future: Blockchain Technology and Aritificial Intelligence
7.
Bitcoin
is a cryptocurrency, a form of electronic cash. A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.
Learn more in: Integrate Hybrid Cloud Computing Server With Automated Remote Monitoring for Blockchain as a Service
8.
Bitcoin
is a digital currency created for use in peer-to-peer online transactions, Introduced in 2008. It is the most prominent of a group of virtual currencies.
Learn more in: Blockchain Technology: Applications in the Industry
9.
It is a digital currency, created, and held electronically. Operated as a decentralized application that directly control the transfer of digital currency. It will keep the full history of transaction.
Learn more in: Blockchain as a Disruptive Technology: Architecture, Business Scenarios, and Future Trends
10.
Bitcoin
is a decentralized cryptocurrency. The key idea is using peer to peer transaction where there is no middle party needed to facilitate the transaction. In the world of cryptocurrency,
Bitcoin
is known as “digital gold” which has store of value because of it limited supply and predicted increasing demand over time.
Learn more in: Perceived Trust and Confidence for Cryptocurrency Adoption: What Lies Ahead?
11.
A computerized and worldwide form of money. It enables individuals to send or receive cash over the web, even to somebody they don't know or don't trust.
Learn more in: Blockchain Readiness: Expert Perspectives From a Developing Economy
12.
The majority accepted crypto currency, frequently deemed the initial of its type. The unlock basis of software comes with an indefinable and strange history.
Learn more in: Accelerating Financial Innovation Through RegTech: A New Wave of FinTech
13.
It is the first decentralized cryptocurrency in the market that operates without a central bank or authority and in a peer-to-peer
Bitcoin
network.
Learn more in: Technology Adoption: Case of Cryptocurrency
14.
It is a kind of digital cryptocurrency that is used for transactions in many black markets of the dark web.
Learn more in: Dark Web: A Boon or a Bane
15.
Bitcoin
is a peer-to-peer virtual currency that may be transmitted over the
bitcoin
network.
Bitcoin
transactions are cryptographically verified by network nodes and stored in a public distributed ledger known as a blockchain.
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16.
It's a type of digital currency in which a record of transactions is maintained, and new units of currency are generated by the computational solution of mathematical problems, and which operates independently of a central bank.
Learn more in: The Degito-Financial Movement's Impact of Digital Transformation on Financial Services
17.
Is the cryptocurrency with the highest valuation. But it is also the name of a blockchain protocol that allows peer-to-peer transactions to be carried out transparently and securely.
Learn more in: Principal Components Analysis: Impact on Alternative Crypto-Currencies
18.
Bitcoin
uses a particular technology which is not using any bank or government authority as maintaining and managing all transaction is done over a network which is completely safe. It is an open source no one owns or controls it as anyone can participate in it. It does not require any prior payments.
Learn more in: Blockchain in Gaming
19.
Is the first decentralized peer-to-peer cryptocurrency invented under the name Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008 with an open-source software implementation without support from any central bank or authority or any need for intermediaries. Transactions are recorded with blockchain technologies in public distributed manner and verified by network nodes through cryptography.
Learn more in: Exploring Cryptocurrency Sentiments With Clustering Text Mining on Social Media
20.
A type of digital currency in which a record of transactions is maintained and new units of currency are generated by numerical solution of a mathematical problem, and operate independently of a central ban, e.g., the Federal Reserve Bank.
Learn more in: The Impacts of Blockchain in Elections: Can It Improve Voting Outcomes?
21.
Bitcoin
(?) is a decentralized digital currency that can be transferred on the peer-to-peer
bitcoin
network.
Learn more in: Blockchain Platform to Resolve Security Issues in IoT and Smart Networks
22.
A crypto currency and a digital payment system. It is known to have been invented as open-source software by an unknown programmer, Satoshi Nakamoto, in 2009 where transactions take place in a peer-to-peer system directly between users without any intermediary, to be verified by network nodes and recorded in Blockchain. It is also known as the first decentralized digital currency.
Learn more in: Blockchain: A Resource of Competitive Advantage in Open and Distance Learning System
23.
First digital currency payment system that applies digital money or cryptocurrencies in transactions through the internet.
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24.
Is the first decentralized crypto currency. Accordingly, it allows for peer-to-peer transactions to take place between users without an intermediary, such as a bank or government. The transactions between
bitcoin
users are verified by a network of users who record batches of transactions in a public distributed ledger called a blockchain. This process is called mining and the users are paid in
bitcoin
for making their computers available for transaction processing.
Bitcoin
is based on a theory by an unknown person under the name Satoshi Nakamoto and was released as open-source software in 2009.
Learn more in: A Maturity Model for Understanding and Evaluating Digital Money
25.
A crypto coin that is independent of a central government and provides payment anywhere in the world with low transmission costs without the need for the approval of a central authority, providing certain privacy to its owner.
Learn more in: Blockchain Technology and Its Uses in the Tourism Industry
26.
It is a digital currency.
Learn more in: Blockchain Ecosystems in the Sharing Economy: An Evaluation for the Health Services Industry
27.
Is a cryptocurrency based on blockchain technology that enables it to function as a medium of exchange without involving the intermediary, such as a bank.
Learn more in: A Brief Analysis of Blockchain Algorithms and Its Challenges
28.
A decentralized digital currency system implemented with blockchain technology.
Learn more in: Blockchain Technology and Its Applications
29.
Bitcoin
is a digital currency that was created in January 2009.
Bitcoin
is commonly abbreviated as “BTC”. Unlike fiat currency,
bitcoin
is created, distributed, traded, and stored with the use of a decentralized ledger system, known as a blockchain.
Learn more in: Extracting Insights From Bitcoin Transactions: Data Warehouse Modeling and Analytical Questions
30.
It can be described as a decentralized digital or virtual currency, and it is the world's largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization.
Learn more in: Does Contagion Effect of Bubbles and Causality Exist Among Bitcoin, Gold, and Oil Markets?
31.
Bitcoin
(?) is a decentralized digital currency that can be transferred on the peer-to-peer
bitcoin
network.
Learn more in: Demystifying Federated Learning for Blockchain: A Case Study
32.
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.
Learn more in: New Financial Technologies, Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain, and Challenges
33.
A type of digital currency in which a record of transactions is maintained, and new units of currency are generated by the computational solution of mathematical problems, and that operates independently of a central bank.
Learn more in: Decentralized Cryptocurrency Security and Financial Implications: The Bitcoin Paradigm
34.
A computerized and worldwide form of money. It enables individuals to send or receive cash over the web, even to somebody they don't know or don't trust.
Learn more in: Preliminary Insights Into the Adoption of Bitcoin in a Developing Economy: The Case of Ghana
35.
It refers to a cryptocurrency introduced as ‘peer-to-peer electronic cash system’. It permits transfer of electronic cash from one entity to the other, without involving any financial institution in between.
Learn more in: Blockchain Technology: Concepts, Components, and Cases
36.
First type of cryptocurrency.
Learn more in: Cryptocurrency Brings New Meaning to Purchase Power and Bridges the Wealth Gap: A Closer Look at Bitcoin
37.
A digital independent currency, which has a consensus mechanism and can be securely transferred and verified by receiver over the internet, without relying on any third party.
Learn more in: Blockchain Risk and Uncertainty in Automated Applications
38.
Digital cryptocurrency. The transactions are saved in the blockchain.
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39.
Bitcoin
is a cryptocurrency, a form of electronic cash. A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution
Learn more in: Conceptual Insights in Blockchain Technology: Security and Applications
40.
A global electronic currency without an intermediary (decentralized).
Learn more in: Has Bitcoin Achieved the Characteristics of Money?
41.
Virtual currency designed to act as money and a form of payment outside the control of any one person, group, or entity, and with no need for third-party action in financial transactions.
Learn more in: Contactless Payment Security
42.
Bitcoin
is a cryptocurrency or virtual currency, that is supposed to operate as money and a form of payment while being independent of any single person, group, or entity, obviating the need for third-party involvement in financial transactions.
Learn more in: Integration of Blockchain and IoT (BIoT): Applications, Security Issues, and Challenges
43.
Invented in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto to create a decentralized digital currency used to record peer-to-peer transactions generated by complicated mathematical models to ensure security without the need for intermediaries such as central banks.
Learn more in: Hybrid Artificially Intelligent Multi-Layer Blockchain and Bitcoin Cryptology (AI-MLBBC): Anti-Crime-Theft Smart Wall Defense
44.
Bitcoin
is a digital or virtual currency developed in 2009 that allows instant transactions easier by using peer-to-peer technology.
Learn more in: Issues and Challenges (Privacy, Security, and Trust) in Blockchain-Based Applications
45.
This refers to the decentralized and most popular virtual currency that can be sent from user to user on a peer-to-peer
Bitcoin
network without the need for intermediaries.
Learn more in: Blockchain Technology and General Issue of Tax Evasion via Bitcoin
46.
It is a peer-to-peer payment system invented by an unidentified programmer, or group of programmers, under the name of Satoshi Nakamoto.
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