Bitcoin
Plain definition. Bitcoin is an innovative payment network and a new kind of money, run on peer-to-peer technology with no central authority or banks.
Technical definition. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks, and the network collectively carries out both the management of transactions and the issuing of bitcoins. It is open-source: its design is public, nobody owns or controls it, and everyone can take part.
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On this site, Bitcoin comes up in Is XRP’s CME futures growth XRP-specific, and how does it compare with bitcoin, ether and Solana?, How does XRP compare with Bitcoin and other major coins?, Is XRP being institutionalized faster than Bitcoin was?, How volatile is XRP, and how closely does its price move with bitcoin and the wider crypto market? and What are the scheduled US inflation and jobs reports, and why do crypto commentators cite them?.
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Bitcoin - Open source P2P money (bitcoin.org), read October 1, 2026.
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- How volatile is XRP, and how closely does its price move with bitcoin and the wider crypto market?
- Is XRP being institutionalized faster than Bitcoin was?
- What are the scheduled US inflation and jobs reports, and why do crypto commentators cite them?
- How does XRP compare with Bitcoin and other major coins?
- Is XRP's CME futures growth XRP-specific, and how does it compare with bitcoin, ether and Solana?