$BTC $BTC #TrumpTariffs Bitcoin (₿, BTC, XBT[n 1]; from the English bit: binary information unit and coin "currency piece") is a cryptocurrency also known as cryptographic money. In the case of the unit name, it is written "bitcoin" and, in the case of the peer-to-peer payment system, it is written "Bitcoin"[1]. The idea was first presented in November 2008 by a person or a group of people under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto[2],[3]. The source code of the reference implementation was published in 2009. The goal is to create a decentralized and peer-to-peer system in order to exchange monetary value while freeing oneself from any third-party organization such as financial institutions[4].