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Cryptocurrency
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Plural bitcoins Symbol ₿[ a] Code BTC, XBT[ b] Precision 10−8 Subunits 1 ⁄ 1000 millibitcoin[ 2] 1 ⁄ 100000000 satoshi[ 3] Original author Satoshi Nakamoto White paper Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System[ 4] Implementation Bitcoin Core Initial release 0.1.0 / 9 January 2009; 17 years ago (2009-01-09 ) Latest release 0.15.1 / 11 November 2017; 8 years ago (2017-11-11 ) Code repository github Development status Active Project fork of Original Written in C++ Operating system Windows , macOS , Linux Source model Open source License MIT License Genesis block 3 January 2009 (17 years ago) (2009-01-03 ) Block #1 9 January 2009 (17 years ago) (2009-01-09 ) Timestamping scheme Proof-of-work (partial hash inversion)Hash function SHA-256 Issuance schedule decentralized , block reward[ 5] [ 6] Block reward ₿12.5[ c] Block time 10 minutes Block explorer blockchain.info blockexplorer.com Circulating supply ₿16,770,512 (as of 29 December 2017[ update] Supply limit ₿21,000,000 Exchange rate $14,516.40 USD (as of 29 December 2017[ update] Authority website iaw:bitcoin.com Website w:bitcoin.org
↑ The symbol was encoded in Unicode version 10.0 at position U+20BF ₿ BITCOIN SIGN in the Currency Symbols block in June 2017.[ 1] ↑ Compatible with ISO 4217 ↑ July 2016 to approximately June 2020, halved approximately every four years
Cryptocurrency
bitcoin Prevailing bitcoin logo
Plural bitcoins Symbol ₿[ a] Code BTC, XBT[ b] Precision 10−8 Subunits 1 ⁄ 1000 millibitcoin[ 2] 1 ⁄ 100000000 satoshi[ 3] Original author(s) Satoshi Nakamoto White paper Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System[ 4] Implementation(s) Bitcoin Core Initial release 0.1.0 / 9 January 2009; 17 years ago (2009-01-09 ) Latest release 0.15.1 / 11 November 2017; 8 years ago (2017-11-11 ) Code repository github Development status Active Project fork of Original Written in C++ Operating system Windows , macOS , Linux Source model Open source License MIT License Genesis block 3 January 2009 (17 years ago) (2009-01-03 ) Block #1 9 January 2009 (17 years ago) (2009-01-09 ) Timestamping scheme Proof-of-work (partial hash inversion)Hash function SHA-256 Issuance schedule decentralized , block reward[ 5] [ 6] Block reward ₿12.5[ c] Block time 10 minutes Block explorer blockchain.info blockexplorer.com Circulating supply ₿16,770,512 (as of 29 December 2017[ update] Supply limit ₿21,000,000 Exchange rate $14,516.40 USD (as of 29 December 2017[ update] Authority website iaw:bitcoin.com Website w:bitcoin.org
↑ The symbol was encoded in Unicode version 10.0 at position U+20BF ₿ BITCOIN SIGN in the Currency Symbols block in June 2017.[ 1] ↑ Compatible with ISO 4217 ↑ July 2016 to approximately June 2020, halved approximately every four years
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