How big is the bitcoin node
There are only 21 million bitcoins
"graphics card mining" is a joke. In fact, it is running a specific algorithm to generate bitcoin through a large number of calculations
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the concept of bitcoin was first proposed by Nakamoto in 2009. According to Nakamoto's idea, the open source software was designed and released, and the P2P network on it was constructed. Bitcoin is a kind of P2P digital currency. Point to point transmission means a decentralized payment system
unlike most currencies, bitcoin does not rely on specific currency institutions. It is generated by a large number of calculations based on specific algorithms. Bitcoin economy uses the distributed database composed of many nodes in the whole P2P network to confirm and record all transactions, and uses the design of cryptography to ensure the security of all aspects of currency circulation. The decentralized nature and algorithm of P2P can ensure that it is impossible to artificially manipulate the value of bitcoin through mass proction. The design based on cryptography can make bitcoin only be transferred or paid by the real owner. This also ensures the anonymity of money ownership and circulation transactions. The biggest difference between bitcoin and other virtual currencies is that the total amount of bitcoin is very limited and it has a strong scarcity. The monetary system used to have no more than 10.5 million in four years, after which the total number will be permanently limited to 21 million
bitcoin can be cashed and converted into the currency of most countries. Users can use bitcoin to buy some virtual items, such as clothes, hats and equipment in online games. As long as someone accepts it, they can also use bitcoin to buy real-life items
on February 26, 2014, Joe Manchin, a Democratic senator from West Virginia, issued an open letter to a number of regulatory authorities of the US federal government, hoping that the relevant authorities would pay attention to the status quo of bitcoin's encouraging illegal activities and disrupting the financial order, and demanded that actions be taken as soon as possible to completely ban the electronic currency
from 12:00 noon on January 24, 2017, China's three major bitcoin platforms officially began to collect transaction fees
The total number of bitcoins is 21 million
in 2009, when bitcoin was born, block reward was 50 bitcoins. Ten minutes after its birth, the first 50 bitcoins were generated, and the total amount of money at this time is 50. Then bitcoin grew at a rate of about 50 every 10 minutes. When the total amount reaches 10.5 million (50% of 21 million), the block reward will be halved to 25
when the total amount reaches 15.75 million (5.25 million new output, i.e. 50% of 1050), the block reward will be further halved to 12.5. The monetary system used to have no more than 10.5 million in four years, after which the total number will be permanently limited to about 21 million
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monetary characteristics
1. Decentralization: bitcoin is the first distributed virtual currency, and the whole network is composed of users without a central bank. Decentralization is the guarantee of bitcoin's security and freedom
2. Global circulation: bitcoin can be managed on any computer connected to the Internet. No matter where you are, anyone can dig, buy, sell or collect bitcoin
3. Exclusive ownership: private key is needed to control bitcoin, which can be stored in any storage medium in isolation. No one can get it except the user himself
4. Low transaction cost: bitcoin can be remitted free of charge, but a transaction fee of about 1 bitfen will be charged for each transaction to ensure faster transaction execution
5, no hidden cost: as a means of payment from a to B, bitcoin has no cumbersome limit of quota and proceres. If you know the other party's bitcoin address, you can pay
6. Cross platform Mining: users can explore the computing power of different hardware on many platforms
According to 1ml data, the current number of bitcoin lightning network nodes has reached 18061, an increase of 7.30% in the past 30 days; The number of channels was 40065, which increased by 5.9% in the past 30 days; Network capacity reached 1154 BTCs, an increase of 6% in the past 30 days
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1) wallet. It's used to store your bitcoin balance. In principle, as long as you have the private key of your own bitcoin address, you can use your own bitcoin
2) verify the transaction or payment. After receiving the transaction, the bitcoin node will use certain algorithms to verify the validity of a transaction. If you only change the balance of bitcoin in your computer, others will not recognize it. Similarly, your wallet will not recognize the transaction changed by others
3) mining. Core wallet can start mining function through a command to join the mining army, while SPV wallet usually can't (SPV is just passing by). However, it is not the node type that hinders home computer mining, but the rapid development of professional mining machines. Compared with ordinary computers, the computing power of ordinary computers is very small. Mining by ordinary computers is like digging your own backyard with a hoe, and then expecting to dig out gold
because of the demand of bitcoin users, bitcoin exchange was born. The exchange provides a place for centralized trading. People put money on the exchange, and the exchange will match and trade together, similar to stocks and securities. Therefore, banning exchanges does not mean banning bitcoin. Bitcoin network cannot be banned. Bitcoin is sent to the exchange's wallet, and all you see is a balance given to you by the exchange. In fact, you no longer have your own bitcoin. Bitcoin network is global. Where there is a network, there will be bitcoin. After the exchange closes, bitcoin will not disappear, but will return to where it should be.
first of all, the cost of hard disk has dropped from the lowest of US $0.025/gb in 2017 to US $0.15/gb, a 40% drop in three years. If this rate of decline continues, then by 2022, the decline rate of hard disk home will be faster than the growth rate of bitcoin, because over time, hosting a full node will be more economical
however, there are some technical solutions to solve this problem, which can rece the storage burden of the whole node. One of the most common solutions is light node. These nodes use a simplified payment verification method to verify transactions. Users only need to download a small part of the blockchain, but they need to rely on the third-party full node hosting the whole blockchain.
The concept of 21 million
bitcoin was first proposed by Nakamoto in 2009. According to Nakamoto's idea, open source software was designed and released, and P2P network was built on it. Bitcoin is a kind of P2P digital currency. Point to point transmission means a decentralized payment system
bitcoin is not issued in unlimited quantity, which is different from most currencies. Bitcoin does not rely on a specific currency issuer. But according to the specific algorithm, through a large number of calculations. Its circulation is controlled by software algorithms. The total number is 21 million
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generation principle
starting from the essence of bitcoin, the essence of bitcoin is actually the special solution generated by a bunch of complex algorithms. A special solution is one of the infinite (in fact, bitcoin is finite) solutions that can be obtained from the equations. Every particular solution can solve the equation and is unique[ 10] In the metaphor of RMB, bitcoin is the serial number of RMB. If you know the serial number of a note, you have the note. The process of mining is to constantly seek the special solution of this equation system through a huge amount of calculation. This equation system is designed to have only 21 million special solutions, so the upper limit of bitcoin is 21 million
to mine bitcoin, you can download the special bitcoin computing tools, register various cooperation websites, fill the registered user name and password into the computing program, and then click the operation to officially start. After completing the installation of bitcoin client, you can directly obtain a bitcoin address. When others pay, you only need to paste the address to others, and you can pay through the same client. After installing the bitcoin client, it will distribute a private key and a public key. You need to back up your wallet data containing your private key to ensure that your property is not lost. Unfortunately, if the hard disk is completely formatted, personal bitcoin will be completely lost
bitcoin is a kind of point-to-point e-cash system, more directly, node to node. Each transaction is broadcast by the originator to the nodes around it, and then broadcast to the nodes around it after receiving it, and finally spread to the whole network
every bitcoin wallet is a node, and the node with a complete blockchain ledger is called the whole node. In October 2017, there were about 9300 nodes in the bitcoin network, which were responsible for broadcasting and verifying bitcoin transfer transactions. After the transfer transaction occurs, all nodes broadcast to the whole network. After the mining node verifies that the transaction is correct, it will be recorded in the blockchain ledger. The United States, Germany and France have the largest number of bitcoin nodes, with China accounting for about 5% of the world's total nodes Data source: bitcodes. 21. CO) running bitcoin node does not provide any reward, and it does not need the whole node to transfer bitcoin, so the total number of bitcoin nodes only accounts for a small part of the node number.
does each node have complete blockchain data? You mean a user node? A user node needs to keep the of the block head of the longest workload proof chain, so it knows the data of all the block heads. It can move forward to know all the data on the block chain, but not all of them are saved. A block header is very small, only 80 bytes, which can be saved completely, because the generation of nodes is very slow. Even with the passage of time, the amount is not too large now.
bitcoin miners will mine 18 million bitcoins this week, and only the remaining 3 million bitcoins will be released before mining stops in 2140 commentators said at the time that the motivation of hoarding bitcoin came from the curiosity in technology. In view of the current price of BTC / USD, financial incentives reverse the activity of bitcoin hoarding by holders in 2019< br />