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BTC is bitcoin
BTC is a kind of virtual encrypted digital currency in the form of P2P, which is limited in quantity, but can be used for transaction and converted into the currency of most countries. It can transmit payment point-to-point without any central authority,
such as bank or payment channel, and it is created and saved electronically. Bitcoin is not issued by any specific monetary institution, but is proced by computers all over the world using free software, which is commonly known as "mining"
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currency features -
Decentralization: bitcoin is the first distributed virtual currency, the whole network is composed of users, and there is no central bank. Decentralization is the guarantee of bitcoin's security and freedom
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
exclusive ownership: private key is required to manipulate bitcoin, which can be stored in any storage medium in isolation. No one can get it except the user himself
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
Invisible bitcoin can not only make people rich or poor overnight, but also bring people worry about their lives
According to Ukrainian media reports quoted by the daily telegraph, on Tuesday (December 26), Pavel Lerner, CEO of the British bitcoin exchange exmo, was kidnapped after leaving his office in Kiev, Ukraine, and dragged into a black galloping car by a group of masked peopleafter the above news came out, a spokesperson of exmo told the daily telegraph that we are doing our best to speed up the search for Lerner and welcome all clues from the outside world. Exmo's business is running as usual and all users' funds are absolutely safe. According to the company's official website, the platform has more than 900000 users
after the kidnapping incident attracted public attention, exmo also announced on official twitter on Thursday that it had been attacked by DDoS (distributed denial of service) with the intention of destroying platform transactions
according to Wall Street reports, at the beginning of this month, when bitcoin rose to more than US $13000, the payment system of nice hash, the world's largest digital currency mining platform, was hacked and bitcoin in users' wallets was stolen. Bitcoin millionaire, a bitcoin information website, has since estimated that as many as 4736 bitcoins were stolen by hackers, with a total value of more than $62 million
interestingly, as a foreign netizen imagined, after the kidnappers received the ransom, if bitcoin continued to appreciate, it would be OK. If bitcoin collapsed before the gloves turned, wouldn't it be a "huge loss"
In fact, this is also the old question in the minds of many investors - how long can bitcoin's investment boom last On December 2, when talking about bitcoin in public activities, pan Gongsheng, vice governor of the people's Bank of China, said that it was a decisive and correct decision for regulators to shut down bitcoin trading platform and stop ICO a few months ago According to BBC news, on December 14, Andrew Bailey, CEO of the financial conct authority (FCA), the UK's top regulator, issued a warning to investors, saying that bitcoin buyers should be ready for "full compensation". Bitcoin lacks the endorsement and support of the government and the central bank, and its risk level is the same as gambling, he saidon Thursday (December 28), the South Korean government announced the countermeasures to combat virtual currency speculation, and considered closing some virtual currency transactions, so as to curb excessive speculation. In addition, the South Korean government has decided to implement the real name system of virtual currency trading and expand the investigation authority of the Fair Trade Commission, the anti-monopoly law enforcement agency
In a statement, the South Korean government said that cryptocurrency speculation in South Korea has gone too far and has become irrational, according to the report. The government can no longer allow abnormal speculation to developthe Indian authorities also issued a warning. On Friday, India's finance ministry warned investors about the risks of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, saying digital currency investments look like a Ponzi scheme, Reuters reported. In a statement, India's Ministry of Finance said investors and other participants in digital currency transactions were "entirely at their own risk" and advised that it was best to avoid such investments
but from the perspective of optimists, bitcoin is not as static as gold. As a virtual currency, its software code is constantly developing, and its functions can be constantly adjusted, improved and updated, and its value can be realized in unimaginable ways, such as, Many bitcoin fans are looking forward to bitcoin's "lightning network" (an improved way to facilitate payment). If bitcoin gets more attractive functions in the process of continuous evolution, people can even use it for convenient and fast cross-border payment
according to China Securities Journal, based on the sustainability of bitcoin development, bitcoin supporters believe that even if the market value of cryptocurrency expands to 20 times the current value, the market will not go crazy. However, as far as bitcoin itself is concerned, with more and more new technologies coming out, bitcoin's share in the cryptocurrency market will show a downward trend in the future
Hong shuning, a senior researcher of Suning Institute of financial research, recently wrote an article, imagining two situations of "truly killing bitcoin":first, all bitcoin development teams are conservative and complacent, no longer absorbing the latest scientific and technological achievements to improve themselves, resulting in the emergence of a new digital currency with all aspects of technical indicators exceeding bitcoin, It is widely accepted by the society and then replaces bitcoin. This is the failure of bitcoin, but also the success of virtual digital currency
Second, there are serious loopholes in the bitcoin protocol or wallet software, which lead to the security of the whole bitcoin system can not be guaranteed, a large area of funds are stolen, sold at a low price and uncontrollable in the short term, and the social confidence in bitcoin is completely lost
so. In this world, money is easy to use
several markets called bitcoin exchanges allow indivials to trade bitcoin in a variety of global currencies. Although every bitcoin transaction is recorded in the public account book, it never reveals the identity of the buyer and the trader, as well as a secret afternoon. They can be identified by Wallet ID, code or false name. That's why bitcoin is the preferred form of trading. But there is a drawback to this feature. Due to unidentification, some people carry out illegal occupations, such as selling illegal drugs through the bitcoin exchange. The accumulated bitcoin can be cashed and transferred to the account used to withdraw bitcoin. Cash can only be transferred to the account that originally purchased cryptocurrency. If someone does not, it is recommended that the user should first purchase a small amount of cryptocurrency and activate the account function. Learn more about bitcoin transactions Schweizer kochrezepte.ch
the key element of bitcoin is its decentralized location, which means it is not regulated by any major authority. This distinguishes it from fiat money. Bitcoin payments are managed through a remote computer grid linked through a shared ledger. Each transaction is instantly recorded in each network's blockchain, which notifies and informs all accounts. Blockchain can be used as a decentralized ledger and eliminates the requirement of any central authority to supervise such archives
central banks or government organizations will not distribute bitcoin as legal tender does. Instead, bitcoin is either mined by processors or purchased in standard local currency and then placed in the bitcoin wallet, which is most often retrieved through computers or smartphones
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In the evening of May 12, the wanna cry worm virus broke out in more than 74 countries around the world. At least 45000 machines have been infected. The network system of some colleges and universities in China has become a disaster area, and the network payment system of PetroChina gas station has also been affected
it is reported that the virus can spread rapidly in the local area network by taking advantage of the vulnerability of port 445 of windows system, but large local area networks such as schools have not done similar prevention, so it has become the target of attack
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therefore, it is not recommended that the victim pay ransom to the hacker, because even if you pay, the hacker may not know which computer you have
it is worth mentioning that the outbreak of bitcoin blackmail virus has pushed bitcoin to the top of the wave again. "Bitcoin virus" has become a hot search keyword, and many bitcoin insiders have expressed their concerns about bitcoin's "stigmatization"“ Good tools should not be blamed because they are used by bad people. " A person in the bitcoin instry said, "bitcoin is bitcoin, virus is virus, injustice has a head, debt has owner, so it is unnecessary to have hostility to bitcoin."
now, the most important thing is that victims should install the patch released by Microsoft as soon as possible to prevent strange mail, and important files should be backed up to the cloud platform and local offline hard disk strong>
it is characterized by decentralization, anonymity, and can only be used in the digital world. It does not belong to any country or financial institution, and is not subject to geographical restrictions. It can be exchanged anywhere in the world. Therefore, it is used as a money laundering tool by some criminals< br />
the capital flow is not easy to track, which is convenient for hackers to use its collection and payment, and more convenient for them to hide their identities
"if you transfer money to a hacker, you essentially give him a small string of encrypted codes that can be quickly transmitted on the Internet and stored in an electronic wallet." Some people in the instry told reporters that the anonymity of bitcoin is often the reason why computer fans, financial speculators and even drug dealers are fascinated by it.
1. Install the latest security patch for the computer. Microsoft has released patch ms17-010 to fix the system vulnerability of "eternal blue" attack. Please install this security patch as soon as possible at the website of https://technet.microsoft.com/zh-cn/library/security/ms17-010; For Windows XP, 2003 and other machines that Microsoft no longer provides security updates, we can use 360 "NSA Arsenal immune tool" to detect whether there are loopholes in the system, and close the ports affected by the loopholes, so as to avoid being infringed by blackmail software and other viruses. Download address: http://dl.360safe.com/nsa/nsatool.exe
2. Close ports 445, 135, 137, 138 and 139, and close network sharing
3. Strengthen the awareness of network security: don't click the unknown link, don't download the unknown file, don't open the unknown email...
4. Back up the important files in your computer to the mobile hard disk and U-disk as soon as possible (regularly in the future), and save the disk offline after the backup
5. It is recommended that users who are still using Windows XP and windows 2003 should upgrade to Windows 7 / windows 10 or windows 2008 / 2012 / 2016 as soon as possible.
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