Bitcoin is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Based on a free-market ideology, bitcoin was invented in 2008 when an unknown entity published a white paper under the pseudonym of Satoshi Nakamoto. Use of bitcoin as a currency began in 2009, with the release of its open-source implementation. Wikipedia

Symbols: BTC, ₿

ISO 4217 codes: BTC, XBT

Code: BTC

Exchange rate: Floating

Hash function: SHA-256 (two rounds)

Implementation(s): Bitcoin Core

Initial release: 0.1.0 / 9 January 2009 (16 years ago)$BTC #