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BITCOIN (BTC)

A Primer
Cryptocurrency Learning Solutions
September 8, 2017
What is Bitcoin?
Created in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto
Bitcoin is a Decentralized Electronic
Cryptocurrency

• No authority or bank controls it


• Regulation is done peer-to-peer
• Supported by a proof-of-work protocol
Bitcoin Market Capitalization: $80B
Bitcoin Daily Transactions: 300,000
Bitcoin Price: $5,000.00/BTC
Bitcoin Production will end at 21M in 2140
Bitcoin vs Gold
Bitcoin Countries
Bitcoin Accepted Here
Bitcoin is the Most Widespread
Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin Economy: How It Works
Bitcoin Wallet
Bitcoin Wallets provide the
following functionality:
• Storage of Bitcoin addresses and
corresponding closed/open keys
• Conduction transactions of
obtaining and transferring
Bitcoins
• Providing information about the
balance, prior transactions, and
spare keys.
Bitcoin Address
• Bitcoin address is an identifier
(account number),
• Starting with 1 or 3 and containing
27-34 alphanumeric Latin
characters (except 0, O, I).
• Address can be also represented as
a QR-code
• It is anonymous and does not
contain information about the
owner
• Address example:
14qViLJfdGaP4EeHnDyJbEGQysnCpwn1
gZ
Buying Bitcoin
• After the opening Bitcoin
address, you can start buying
coins
• There are several ways to buy
Bitcoins:
• Buying Bitcoin from individuals
• Buying Bitcoin in exchangers
• Trading on the stock exchanges
• Sale of goods and services
• Bitcoin mining
Bitcoin Storage Methods
Use of Bitcoin in Trade
Advantages of Bitcoin payments
• Impossible for buyer to commit
fraud
• Low tax
• Ease of installation

Disadvantages of Bitcoin payments


• Bitcoin price volatility
• Volatility in demand for Bitcoin
Bitcoin Trading
Young Bitcoin Millionaire
Thank you
Resources
• http://en.bitcoinwiki.org/Main_Page

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