| feefangedia | Дата: Суббота, 01 Марта 2014, 13:57 | Сообщение # 1 |
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| Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer payment arrangement and digital currency introduced as unconditional creator software in 2009 alongside pseudonymous developer Satoshi Nakamoto. It is a cryptocurrency, misdesignated because it uses cryptography to dominance the the universe and transmission of money.[5] Conventionally, the capitalized high sign succinctly "Bitcoin" refers to the technology and network, whereas lowercase "bitcoins" refers to the currency itself.[6]
Bitcoins are created beside a proceeding called mining, in which participants prove and take down payments in exchange for deal fees and newly minted bitcoins. Users send and receive bitcoins using wallet software on a exclusive computer, plastic plot, or a entanglement application. Bitcoins can be obtained by mining or in return for products, services, or other currencies.[8]
Bitcoin has been a lay open of probe in arrears to ties with illicit activity. In 2013 the U.S. FBI shut down the Silk Expressway online resentful sell and seized 144,000 bitcoins benefit US$28.5 million at the time.[9] The U.S. is considered Bitcoin-friendly compared to other governments, however.[10] In China budding rules delimit bitcoin the market for the benefit of townsman currency. The European Banking Dominion has warned that Bitcoin lacks consumer protections.[12] Bitcoins can be stolen and chargebacks are impossible.[13]
Commercial utilize consume of Bitcoin, illicit or under other circumstances, is currently miniature compared to its profit by on speculators, which has fueled guerdon volatility.[14] Bitcoin as a mode of payment for products and services has seen spread, however, and merchants get an inducement to accept the currency because matter fees are cut than the 2–3% typically imposed by credit card processors.[15]
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