Denominations | |
---|---|
Plural | Bitcoins |
Symbol | ₿ (Unicode: U+20BF ₿ BITCOIN SIGN)[1] |
Code | BTC |
Precision | 10−8 |
Subunits | |
1⁄1000 | Millibitcoin |
1⁄1000000 | Microbitcoin |
1⁄100000000 | Satoshi[a][2] |
Development | |
Original author(s) | Satoshi Nakamoto |
White paper | "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" |
Implementation(s) | Bitcoin Core |
Initial release | 0.1.0 / 9 January 2009 (15 years ago) (2009-01-09) |
Latest release | 28.0 / 4 October 2024 (48 days ago) (2024-10-04)[3] |
Code repository | github |
Development status | Active |
Written in | C++ |
Source model | Free and open-source software |
License | MIT License |
Ledger | |
Ledger start | 3 January 2009 (15 years ago) (2009-01-03) |
Timestamping scheme | Proof of work (partial hash inversion) |
Hash function | SHA-256 (two rounds) |
Issuance schedule | Decentralized (block reward) Initially ₿50 per block, halved every 210,000 blocks |
Block reward | ₿3.125 (as of 2024[update]) |
Block time | 10 minutes |
Circulating supply | ₿19,591,231 (as of 6 January 2024[update]) |
Supply limit | ₿21,000,000[b] |
Valuation | |
Exchange rate | Floating |
Demographics | |
Official user(s) | El Salvador[4] |
Website | |
Website | bitcoin |
Denominations | |
---|---|
Plural | Bitcoins |
Symbol | ₿ (Unicode: U+20BF ₿ BITCOIN SIGN)[1] |
Code | BTC |
Precision | 10−8 |
Subunits | |
1⁄1000 | Millibitcoin |
1⁄1000000 | Microbitcoin |
1⁄100000000 | Satoshi[a][2] |
Development | |
Original author(s) | Satoshi Nakamoto |
White paper | "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" |
Implementation(s) | Bitcoin Core |
Initial release | 0.1.0 / 9 January 2009 (15 years ago) (2009-01-09) |
Latest release | 28.0 / 4 October 2024 (48 days ago) (2024-10-04)[3] |
Code repository | github |
Development status | Active |
Written in | C++ |
Source model | Free and open-source software |
License | MIT License |
Ledger | |
Ledger start | 3 January 2009 (15 years ago) (2009-01-03) |
Timestamping scheme | Proof of work (partial hash inversion) |
Hash function | SHA-256 (two rounds) |
Issuance schedule | Decentralized (block reward) Initially ₿50 per block, halved every 210,000 blocks |
Block reward | ₿3.125 (as of 2024[update]) |
Block time | 10 minutes |
Circulating supply | ₿19,591,231 (as of 6 January 2024[update]) |
Supply limit | ₿21,000,000[b] |
Valuation | |
Exchange rate | Floating |
Demographics | |
Official user(s) | El Salvador[4] |
Website | |
Website | bitcoin |