Bitcoin

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cryptocurrency digital currency peer-to-peer electronic cash system

Bitcoin is a decentralized digital cryptocurrency that operates without a central bank, enabling peer-to-peer transactions secured by blockchain technology.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Bitcoin protocol 4
Bitcoin network 2
Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System 2
bitcoin 2
BTC 1
Bitcoin blockchain 1
Bitcoin main chain 1
₿ 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cryptocurrency ⓘ
digital currency ⓘ
peer-to-peer electronic cash system ⓘ
averageBlockTimeMinutes 10 ⓘ
blockRewardHalvingIntervalBlocks 210000 ⓘ
blockTime 600 seconds ⓘ
category medium of exchange ⓘ
store of value ⓘ
consensusMechanism proof-of-work ⓘ
creator Satoshi Nakamoto ⓘ
firstBlockMessage The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks ⓘ
firstBlockMinedBy Satoshi Nakamoto ⓘ
firstBlockName Genesis Block ⓘ
firstBlockReward 50 BTC ⓘ
firstHalvingYear 2012 ⓘ
fourthHalvingYear 2024 ⓘ
genesisBlockHash 000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26 ⓘ
hasCentralBank false ⓘ
hashFunction SHA-256 ⓘ
initialBlockReward 50 BTC ⓘ
isCappedSupply true ⓘ
isDecentralized true ⓘ
isLegalTenderIn Central African Republic ⓘ
El Salvador ⓘ
isPermissionless true ⓘ
isPublicBlockchain true ⓘ
launchCountry online (no specific jurisdiction) ⓘ
maxSupply 21000000 BTC ⓘ
monetaryPolicy deflationary ⓘ
nativeUnit Bitcoin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: bitcoin
networkLaunchDate 2009-01-03 ⓘ
networkType peer-to-peer ⓘ
openSource true ⓘ
originalImplementationLanguage C++ ⓘ
pseudonymousCreator true ⓘ
referenceClient Bitcoin Core ⓘ
scriptLanguageType stack-based ⓘ
secondHalvingYear 2016 ⓘ
smallestUnit satoshi ⓘ
subunit satoshi ⓘ
subunitToUnit 100000000 ⓘ
supportsPeerToPeerTransactions true ⓘ
supportsScriptLanguage true ⓘ
symbol Bitcoin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ₿
thirdHalvingYear 2020 ⓘ
tickerSymbol Bitcoin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BTC
transactionValidation miners ⓘ
usesTechnology blockchain ⓘ
usesUTXOModel true ⓘ
whitepaperPublicationDate 2008-10-31 ⓘ
whitepaperTitle Bitcoin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Satoshi Nakamoto → authored → Bitcoin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
Genesis Block → category → Bitcoin ⓘ
Genesis Block → chainId → Bitcoin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bitcoin main chain
Satoshi Nakamoto → created → Bitcoin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bitcoin protocol
Satoshi Nakamoto → created → Bitcoin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bitcoin network
El Salvador → currency → Bitcoin ⓘ
Genesis Block → currency → Bitcoin ⓘ
this entity surface form: bitcoin
San Salvador → currency → Bitcoin ⓘ
Bitcoin Core → implements → Bitcoin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bitcoin protocol
satoshi → introducedWith → Bitcoin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bitcoin protocol
satoshi → isDivisibleUnitOf → Bitcoin ⓘ
satoshi → isSmallestUnitOf → Bitcoin ⓘ
satoshi → isUnitOf → Bitcoin ⓘ
El Salvador → legalTender → Bitcoin ⓘ
Bitcoin → nativeUnit → Bitcoin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: bitcoin
Bitcoin Core → network → Bitcoin ⓘ
Genesis Block → network → Bitcoin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bitcoin network
Genesis Block → partOf → Bitcoin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bitcoin blockchain
Genesis Block → protocol → Bitcoin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bitcoin protocol
REN → supportsAsset → Bitcoin ⓘ
Bitcoin → symbol → Bitcoin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ₿
Bitcoin → tickerSymbol → Bitcoin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: BTC
Bitcoin → whitepaperTitle → Bitcoin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System