Misunderstanding of bitcoin
Many people think that the reason why bitcoin is valuable is because it is "rare", and if bitcoin is no longer "rare", then it will not have value
this is a misunderstanding. Let's consider a question: what is the essence of all "currencies"
the answer is trust. The biggest reason for the value of the dollar is because of the credibility established for the dollar under the Bretton Woods Agreement, rather than the so-called equivalent exchange with gold (although others say so). The main reason why RMB is valuable is because of the trust system of RMB in China and neighboring countries, rather than the exchange with us dollar reserves (see offshore RMB). This can explain why the currencies of some countries (such as the ruble of Russia, as well as the Zimbabwean currency as you all know) have been greatly devalued, because the government and the current world situation have led to a trust system that does not support the existence of this currency. The so-called economic sanctions and currency speculation are very superficial and superficial reasons
the essence of money is trust
What about bitcoin
bitcoin has no centralized Trust Measurement institution. The value of bitcoin, namely its "credit system", comes from distrust of centralized units. Every country finds that seigniorage is too easy to collect, which leads to the increasingly poor trust between countries. Even the people of all countries do not trust the national currency
and trust, like quality, is conserved. Trust in centralized money decreases, while trust in decentralized money increases naturally
this is the essential reason why the value of bitcoin continues to rise. Therefore, for digital currencies such as bitcoin, there are only two outcomes. Either countries want to understand that they will no longer issue excess currencies, issue additional currencies in a scientific and reasonable way, unify stable exchange rates, and maintain the credit system of centralized currencies, then the value of bitcoin will be infinitely close to zero. Or countries will continue to drink water to quench their thirst, and more frantically use the method of issuing excess currency to collect seigniorage from everyone, then the trust in the centralized currency will be lower and lower, and the total value of bitcoin, a decentralized currency, will be infinitely close to the gross labor value of all the units that do not trust the government and other governments, but need international trade
either the price is crazy or it's worthless
after understanding these, we can answer this question. Will bitcoin be replaced by other digital currencies
swindlers like * * and even the old Wang next door can come and yell, "I spent 10 minutes to change bitcoin's core and create a new digital currency called SBC. Come and join my ICO and pay me seigniorage ~". So, if this happens, will you immediately choose to use Lao Wang's SBC next door
the answer is that some speculators will participate, but the market will not. The reason is very simple, the new cryptocurrency has not been recognized by the market, the application has not been proced, this kind of currency has no way to exchange for means of proction. Then this kind of currency is not money, but a virtual commodity for speculation. In other words, even if old Wang ICO next door has an SBC, no one will choose this kind of currency except those speculators who have no brains
in the current market, there are many other digital currencies, such as Ethereum, EOS, XRP, and so on, which may have technological advantages in some aspects (in fact, BTC has been evolving, and it will also learn from the advanced technologies of other digital currencies that have been successfully proved by the market. LTC and other currencies can be said to be the experimental currencies of BTC's advanced technologies.), There may be more application scenarios than BTC in the future, but they are not likely to challenge the status of BTC. BTC will always be the first consensus in the currency circle, which is the belief of many people. BTC will exist for a long time as the gold in the currency market, not mainly for the circulation of digital currency
bitcoin has many advantages such as world circulation, decentralization, exclusive rights and fixed quantity, and its formation is also under the needs of human economic development. Therefore, with the development of bitcoin, its existence will bring certain challenges to the traditional currency. However, at present, although bitcoin believes in liberalism and the principle of science and technology, it has brought great challenges to the traditional currency. However, from the characteristics of bitcoin circulation, such as high risk, difficult supervision and instability, bitcoin can only coexist with the traditional currency for a long time in the future, but it can not replace the traditional currency.
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historical background
bitcoin is one of the first currencies to realize the concept of "cryptocurrency". In 1998, Wei Dai first expounded the concept of "cryptocurrency" in cypherpunks mailing list. Based on the basic concept of money, which is used to pay for goods, services and debt or any form of records in a given country or economy, bitcoin is a new form of money. Its original design is to integrate the idea of not relying on the central authority, using the principle of cryptography to control the issuance and transaction of money
in 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto published the first bitcoin specification and its proof of concept in the cryptography mailing list. At the end of 2010, Nakamoto claimed that he had transferred to other affairs and left the project. The creator of bitcoin never revealed his true identity, but left his invention to the world. Today, the origin and motivation of the invention of bitcoin is still a mysterious story
since 2010, many developers have devoted themselves to this project, and the bitcoin community has grown rapidly. Between June and July 2011, bitcoin suddenly gained media attention, leading to large-scale buying. The resulting bubble led to the continued decline in the price of bitcoin in the second half of 2011. After that, the price of bitcoin graally rose to the height of 2011
in order to regulate, protect and promote the development of bitcoin, the bitcoin foundation was established on September 27, 2012. Nowadays, with the increasing number of bitcoin users, bitcoin economy is developing rapidly
technical features
any network like bitcoin has the following basic features:
bitcoin can be transferred between any node of the network
the transaction is irreversible
the use of block chain avoids the occurrence of double consumption
the transaction will spread out in a few seconds and pass validation in 10 to 60 minutes
transaction processing and currency issuance are carried out through mining
bitcoin can be received at any time whether it is online or not<
economic rules
the whole bitcoin network jointly implements the following rules:
the total amount of bitcoin issued is about 21 million
a bitcoin can be divided into 8 decimal places, with a total of about 21 × 1014 monetary units
transaction costs are very low and most of them are free
statistics
bitcoin network has been running continuously for more than 48 months. In the past year, bitcoin's security features have attracted attention and developed significantly. As of April 2013:
the longest block chain has more than 232000 blocks
one of the largest distributed computing networks in the world, with more than 65 trillion hashes per second
there are 50000 transactions every day, with a total amount of several million US dollars
the total value of bitcoin in circulation exceeds US $1.3 billion
there is only one major security incident in the protocol, which was resolved in August 2010
other information can be referred to:
Network: http://ke..com/view/5784548.htm
bitcoin official website: http://bitcoin.org/zh_ CN/
bitcoin does not rely on specific currency institutions to issue. It is generated through a large number of calculations of specific algorithms. Bitcoin economy uses a distributed database composed of many nodes in the whole P2P network to confirm and record all transactions. The decentralized nature and algorithm of P2P can ensure that it is impossible to artificially manipulate the value of bitcoin through mass proction
bitcoin is very similar to cash
the advantages of bitcoin are: no freezing, no tracking, no taxes, and extremely low transaction costs. Compared with people who speculate in currency, it is wealth, and people outside the currency circle may think it is a fraud
bitcoin is a relatively mainstream digital currency, which can be properly invested. There are risks in the transaction. You can invest cautiously. You can search the fire coin, coin security, OK, dobby trading platforms on the Internet, which can trade bitcoin. These are relatively large trading platforms. Invest in mainstream digital currency, do not invest in counterfeit currency or air currency
bitcoin exchange can trade all kinds of digital currencies, and bitcoin wallet can only store bitcoin
being kind-hearted, capable and knowledgeable, and being able to distinguish between good and evil is called virtue, and virtue is precious. Only when everyone has virtue can we see the greatness of a nation and the ancient culture of a healthy and powerful country
as we all know, with the development of the Internet today, fancy ways of playing emerge in endlessly, some of which bring benefits to human beings, and some of which bring harm to human beings. In the market, we all know that there is a kind of worry like currency on the Internet, which is like playing games. You can make money by playing games. You make money by playing virtual money. You get something for nothing. You worry about the impact of money on the financial market. Why do you say that? First of all, young people buy computers to go mining and get something for nothing. In the Internet, it's a worry. There's no physical support. The currency issued by the state includes the central bank and the state, which is the entity. After the state was founded, there are tens of millions of proction-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises and agriculture supporting them. And what instry does network currency rely on to support? No. It can only lead some people to misunderstandings and raise prices. Second, China's currency is proced in a planned way driven by the market economy, so the virtual currency of foreign Internet is not included in China's economic and monetary plan, but it circulates in the market, which will certainly impact the market, and the price will rise and the currency will depreciate. Third, the invention of bitcoin is Japanese. According to online records, this person has worked as a variety of spies, and a reporter went to interview him. He did not admit that bitcoin was invented by him. If a great invention is beneficial to the people and the country, why did he not have the courage to stand up. He is guilty of Nakamoto's heart. What's the guilty behind the quilt
this kind of real virtual species gains without any effort. This kind of currency is like a game. You can get wealth by playing. It will bring wrong ideas to some people and cause market chaos, which is invisible. Personal advantage, the national economy suffered losses, most people suffered losses, this will affect the quality of people's livelihood, of course, this is an invisible harm, graally proced. The common people can only feel that prices are getting higher and higher. This is the harm that foreign currency brings to the market and a country. This is a war without gunpowder smoke to a country. It is hoped that those addicted to virtual money will stay away from virtual money for others, for themselves and for the country
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At exchange: a few mistakes about bitcoin, do you know
bitcoin, in a way never seen before, has an impact on the field of financial services. Whether in a bear market or a bull market, it has always been an old topic
because the underlying technology of bitcoin has been blockchain for ten years, and the technology content is high, many people do not understand it well, thus forming many misunderstandings
misconception 1: bitcoin is too expensive, a few tens of thousands of yuan, just wait and see, too expensive to buy
in most people's cognition, bitcoin can only be bought whole, which isolates those who want to invest in bitcoin. But in fact, bitcoin is divisible, and the minimum transaction unit is 0.00000001. That is to say, you can buy bitcoin for 100 or 200 yuan
in the future, with the improvement of people's acceptance and recognition of bitcoin, as well as the expansion of application, the price of bitcoin will also rise
misconception 2: the government can not regulate, which is beyond the scope of legal jurisdiction
in the early days, bitcoin was the hard currency of the underground drug market, with a transaction volume of millions of dollars each time, and there was a black market nicknamed "Silk Road"
However, at the beginning of the emergence of new technologies, it is always difficult to have written laws to regulate them, such as the beginning of computer and network applications. But in the end, these new technologies will graally come under the jurisdiction of the lawat present, bitcoin trading has been regulated in the specific legal provisions of New York State and other states in the United States. In 2014, the IRS recognized bitcoin as taxable property, and the securities and Exchange Commission has recently carried out strong supervision on it, so it is absolutely a misunderstanding that bitcoin is not subject to legal constraints. China and Japan have also begun to actively write laws and regulations related to virtual currency
misconception 3: bitcoin mining is too difficult, mining machine is a waste of resources
bitcoin mining is an energy intensive process. Because of its decentralized nature, no one knows the exact amount of electricity consumed by this process, but at any given moment, it could be billions of watts, roughly equivalent to the output of large-scale power stations such as the Hoover Dam
However, if we compare these with the management cost of currency, we can see some problems. Although the current currency does not seem to consume much energy, the cost of protection is not taken into account. For example, the security personnel employed by the bank usually just look at the customers and "waste" a lot of money and manpower, not to mention the towering buildings of the bank and the huge price paid for the safe payment system. However, if there is no security system, theft will damage the entire financial system, so this operation mode is not a wastemisconception 4: users of bitcoin are anonymous, and law enforcement agencies are traceless.
Nakamoto Tsung, the founder of bitcoin, claims that bitcoin can protect users' privacy, because most bitcoin software will create a unique pseudonym for each trader; Because of its anonymity, outsiders can not easily grasp the identity of donors
in fact, most users will leave a written record when they trade bitcoin in exchange for legal currency, and the user's identity is recorded in the transaction service with good reputation. Therefore, if the law enforcement agencies really want to trace, there are traces to follow
to sum up, bitcoin is a digital currency based on blockchain technology. As an emerging technology, it has unlimited application potential. This kind of decentralized application without government credit endorsement may achieve information transparency, security and efficiency. However, hacker attacks occur frequently. It seems that only when technology progress and supervision are in place can blockchain technology be applied globally and truly convenient to all aspects of life