5 CURIOSITIES about BITCOIN and CRYPTOCURRENCIES
Bitcoin was the first public "blockchain": Created by an unknown person or group under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin was launched in 2009 and is the first cryptocurrency to use blockchain technology, which ensures the security and transparency of transactions.
The name "Bitcoin" is a combination of "bit" and "coin": "Bit" refers to the smallest unit of data in computing and "coin" refers to currency. The idea was to create a "digital currency" based on data.
There are over 20,000 cryptocurrencies: Since the creation of Bitcoin, many other cryptocurrencies have emerged, with different purposes, such as Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin, Cardano, among others.
The energy consumption of Bitcoin is equivalent to that of a country: Due to the "mining" process of Bitcoin, which requires enormous computational power, the energy consumption to maintain the Bitcoin network is comparable to that of some small countries, such as Argentina.
The origin of Bitcoin is mysterious: The creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, has never been identified. Despite various theories about who it could be, to this day no one knows for sure who he or she is.
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