Beginner’s Guide to Bitcoin
April 23, 2013 at 12:17 PM EDT
Bitcoin (BTC) is a digital currency created in 2009 that allows for anonymous, peer-to-peer, electronic payments. Bitcoin creation and transfer is based on an open source encryption protocol and is not managed by any central authority. Bitcoins can be transferred through a computer or smartphone without an intermediate financial institution. It is a free market [...]