Bitcoin is a digital currency that was created in 2008 and introduced as open-source software in 2009. It allows for online payments to be sent directly between parties without going through a financial institution. Bitcoins are created through a process called "mining" where users offer their computing power to verify transactions and record them on a public ledger. While bitcoin has seen growth as a payment method for products and services, it also faces challenges as the currency can be lost if hardware fails or stolen without access to the private keys. The paper examines bitcoin as a disruptive currency in the digital economy and explores its potential for entrepreneurial gains and challenges.
Bitcoin is a digital currency that was created in 2008 and introduced as open-source software in 2009. It allows for online payments to be sent directly between parties without going through a financial institution. Bitcoins are created through a process called "mining" where users offer their computing power to verify transactions and record them on a public ledger. While bitcoin has seen growth as a payment method for products and services, it also faces challenges as the currency can be lost if hardware fails or stolen without access to the private keys. The paper examines bitcoin as a disruptive currency in the digital economy and explores its potential for entrepreneurial gains and challenges.
Bitcoin is a digital currency that was created in 2008 and introduced as open-source software in 2009. It allows for online payments to be sent directly between parties without going through a financial institution. Bitcoins are created through a process called "mining" where users offer their computing power to verify transactions and record them on a public ledger. While bitcoin has seen growth as a payment method for products and services, it also faces challenges as the currency can be lost if hardware fails or stolen without access to the private keys. The paper examines bitcoin as a disruptive currency in the digital economy and explores its potential for entrepreneurial gains and challenges.
in Harnessing Entrepreneurial Gains. INTRODUCTION Bit coin is software based online payment system described by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008 and introduced as open source software in 2009.Although its status as a currency is disputed media reports often refer to Bit coin as cryptographic, digital and experimental currency. It is referred to as peer-to-peer, electronic payment system. It is in virtual form and can be used to make payments online as well as in digital mode ,a decentralized virtual currency without a central repository or single administrator .Bit coins are created as a reward for payment processing work in which users offer their computing power to verify and record payment into the public ledger.Bitcoin as a form of payment for products and service has seen growth.Bitcoins can be stolen and chargebacks are impossible. It is the largest crypto currency by market capitalization. Followed by Lite coin and Ripple. it is a currency that lives in the world of computer code and can be sent anywhere in the world without racking up bank or exchange fees ,and than stored on a cell phone or hard drive until used again. Because the currency resides in code, it can also be lost when a hard drive crashes ,or stolen if someone else accesses the keys to the code. The currency has attracted the attention of U.S Senate,the department of Homeland security, the Federal Reserve, The internal Revenue service etc. The paper proposed electronic cash that would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution with transactions time stamped and viewable to all.Bitcoin production is designed to move at a calibrated pace to boost value and scarcity and remain inflation proof. BASICS OF BITCOIN Bit coin is a snippet of codes based on algorithm. They can be divided by up to eight decimal places ,with the smallest unit called as satoshis.bitcoin network shares a public ledger called the block chain. Approximately six times per hour, a group of accepted transactions, a block is added to a block chain, which is quickly published to all network nodes. The authenticity of each transaction is protected by digital signatures corresponding to sending addresses. Anyone can process transactions using the computing power of specialized hardware. This process is called mining.and those who are rewarded with newly created bitcoins and transaction
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