The Lightning Network is a second layer added to Bitcoin's (BTC) blockchain that allows off-chain transactions, i.e. transactions between parties not on the blockchain network. Multiple payment channels between parties or Bitcoin users make...

What is Bitcoin mining? Bitcoin mining explained Bitcoin mining is the process of creating valid blocks that add transaction records to Bitcoin's (BTC) public ledger, which is called a blockchain. It is a crucial component of the Bitcoin n...

The Bitcoin blockchain is an amalgamation of Bitcoin (BTC) and blockchain. A person or a group of people known as Satoshi Nakamoto created the Bitcoin protocol in 2008 to decentralize control of money when centralized entities had failed th...

The history of Bitcoin On Oct. 31, 2008, an anonymous individual who went by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto published a white paper detailing a design for a “peer-to-peer electronic cash system,” a global financial infrastructure based on cr...

Bitcoin definition: A number guessing gameThe white paper described Bitcoin (BTC) as a “peer-to-peer electronic cash system.” But, where does Bitcoin come from?According to the algorithms, new Bitcoin is generated and given to computer user...