Everyone Needs Bitcoin – Not Just Jews, Gypsies And Gays

What Is Bitcoin? Economists define money as a store of value, a medium of exchange, and a unit of account. Bitcoin is peer-to-peer electronic “money” that is valuable because of the monetary autonomy it brings to its users. Peer-to-peer means that no central authority issues new money or tracks transactions.

Advantages Of Bitcoin Bitcoin – Transactions are permissionless and borderless. Storage on a distributed ledger permits anyone to verify a transaction securely. – Does not need any identification to use. As long as you control your private keys, you own the funds. – Takes up no physical space regardless of amount. Easy to store and carry.

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I have to caution everyone that Bitcoin took ten years to gain notoriety and have its ticker on CNBC. Several institutional players from Fidelity to Intercontinental Exchange have now started building platforms related to cryptocurrencies. 

The Current State Of Bitcoin

Can Bitcoin be hacked? The network is secured based on POW (Proof of Work). Bitcoin has now reached escape velocity such that even NSA can throw all its computing power and be unable to break the network.

Bitcoin FAQs

Is Bitcoin used for illegal activities? Bitcoin is traceable, so I am unsure why people have this misconceived notion that it is used for illegal activities. The USD is used for more illicit activities compared to bitcoin. Even in this day and age, cold hard cash is untraceable and used for illegal activities.

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Does Bitcoin use a lot of energy, or is bitcoin energy usage harmful?

These claims are similar to the energy usage articles created when the Internet was launched. The widely quoted stats are from estimates not based on hard data and have since been debunked.

I don’t know. Only invest money you are willing to lose. Given the asymmetric nature of bitcoin; a tiny fraction invested could be valuable in times of need.

Will Bitcoin go up or down in value?

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