The practical use of bitcoin
"Gold and silver are not money naturally, but money is gold and silver naturally." this is a sentence Marx said about money
How to understand? In fact, it is very simple that money is the inevitable proct of the development of human life. In the earliest stage, gold and silver were only used as a kind of metal or a kind of ordinary commodity to exchange things. However, with the development of society, people find that gold and silver are easy to separate, easy to preserve, easy to carry and other advantages, so the suitability of gold and silver as currency is reflected, and naturally evolved into currencyWhat about bitcoin
the concept of bitcoin was first proposed by Nakamoto in 2009. According to Nakamoto's ideas, 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
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 a distributed database composed of many nodes in the whole P2P network to confirm and record all transactions, and uses cryptography design to ensure the security of all aspects of currency circulation.
In the office of the first person in China to invest in the ICO (initial token issue) project, he witnessed history. The central bank issued a document saying that "ICO is illegal public financing" and ordered all platforms to stop immediately
at 3:00 p.m. on September 4, the people's Bank of China (central bank) and other seven departments jointly issued the announcement on preventing the financing risk of token issuance (hereinafter referred to as the announcement) The announcement pointed out that token issuance financing refers to the illegal sale and circulation of tokens by the financing subject to raise the so-called "virtual currency" such as bitcoin and ether coin from investors. In essence, it is an unauthorized illegal public financing behavior, suspected of illegal sale of token bills, illegal issuance of securities, illegal fund-raising, financial fraud, pyramid schemes and other illegal criminal activities“ All kinds of token issuance and financing activities shall be stopped immediately. " The announcement is extremely harsh on the wording of ICO regulation
"what can't be stopped is the enthusiasm of private investment," said Chu xiahu before reading the full text of the announcement. But not long after surging news sent him the full text of the announcement, he decided to go downstairs to appease his team, "I'll go and stabilize the morale of the army."
After half an hour, he returned to the office, but he didn't look sad“ Let's wait for regulatory requirements. If it really needs to be removed, we will remove it. " Early summer tiger said, "if not, we will go to sea. We have got the license of digital currency exchange in Japan."1. The value and significance of bitcoin: 1. The designer's original intention is to build a free, non central and orderly currency trading world It is a kind of realization of the designer's idea, and it is also a kind of experiment or game) 2. The time used in calculation is obtained as reward (the proposition of calculation is that infinite people's life is limited) 3. Cryptographic technology ensures its security. At the same time, it is well used and packaged Because in the early days of currency issuance, it was just a favorite of geek enthusiasts It is more like financial bonds in the early stage of the subprime crisis in the United States)
2. Businesses accept bitcoin: there are multiple needs: 1. Attract more avant-garde customers. 2. Geek lovers, etc.
3. The ratio of real money to real money is all left to the free market, which can be artificially speculated It didn't make any sense.
the value of bitcoin:
1. Avoid war, keep value, etc. If a country is in chaos, bitcoin will become the first choice for many people. Although gold is more stable, it is not convenient to carry. If the country is in chaos, who dares to carry a lot of valuables out? But bitcoin is different, as long as you remember the key of the wallet (many wallets are written with mnemonic words), even if you go empty handed, arrive at a safe place to download a wallet, and enter the correct key to take it out
2. It is used in some gray instries. For example, in the year of 17, the global computer virus blackmail event was bitcoin for blackmail
of course, there are others, mainly these.
Bitcoin can buy some virtual items, and it can also use bitcoin to buy some real-life items