$BTC Bitcoin today: the price on May 14

The cryptocurrency is priced at US$103683.15; this price shows a variation of 0.72% from the value of the last 24 hours.

Each bitcoin is like a file that is stored in a "digital wallet," whether on a mobile phone, a computer, or a tablet. People and businesses can make transfers of bitcoins or a portion of a bitcoin between different digital wallets.

Each of these transactions is recorded in a public list called the blockchain. In this way, the history of a bitcoin can be known, in order to prevent theft, counterfeit copies, or undo transactions.

There are three main ways to obtain a bitcoin. They can be purchased using real money (dollars, for example); goods and services can be sold and paid for in bitcoin; and they can be "mined" (created as it is said in cryptocurrency market jargon) on a computer.