What is Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is the world’s first widely adopted cryptocurrency—digital money designed for secure, peer-to-peer transactions over the internet, without banks or middlemen.
Created in 2008 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin runs on a decentralized network powered by blockchain technology—a public, tamper-proof ledger of every transaction. Unlike PayPal or Venmo, it doesn’t rely on traditional financial systems.
Key facts:
Fully decentralized and borderless
Only 21 million will ever exist
Anyone can buy a fraction of a bitcoin
Transparent and secure via blockchain