It's not true about bitcoin
There is no law in China to ban bitcoin, so it is not illegal to mine and earn bitcoin
it is not illegal to buy bitcoin in China. In 2013, five ministries and commissions jointly issued the bitcoin risk notice, which states that although bitcoin does not belong to legal tender and is not legally compulsory, people can freely participate in bitcoin trading activities when they voluntarily undertake risks
"notice" clearly defines the nature of bitcoin, and holds that bitcoin is not issued by the monetary authority, has no monetary attributes such as legal compensation and mandatory, and is not a real currency. In terms of nature, bitcoin is a specific virtual commodity, which does not have the same legal status as currency and cannot and should not be used as currency in the market
however, as a kind of commodity trading on the Internet, ordinary people have the freedom to participate in bitcoin trading at their own risk
the notice requires that at this stage, financial institutions and Payment institutions shall not price procts or services with bitcoin, buy or sell bitcoin as a central counterparties, underwrite insurance business related to bitcoin or include bitcoin in the scope of insurance liability, and provide other bitcoin related services to customers directly or indirectly, Including: providing bitcoin registration, trading, clearing, settlement and other services for customers; Accept bitcoin or use bitcoin as a payment and settlement tool; Carry out bitcoin and RMB and foreign currency exchange services; Carry out bitcoin storage, custody, mortgage and other services; Issuing financial procts related to bitcoin; Take bitcoin as the investment target of trust, fund, etc
in order to avoid over hype of virtual commodities such as bitcoin in the name of "virtual currency" and damage the public interest and the legal tender status of RMB, the circular requires financial institutions and Payment institutions to correctly use the concept of currency in their daily work, pay attention to strengthening the ecation of the public's knowledge of currency, and correctly understand the concept of currency The concept of correctly treating virtual commodity and virtual currency, rational investment, reasonable control of investment risk, and maintenance of their own property security should be included in the content of financial knowledge popularization activities, so as to guide the public to establish a correct concept of currency and investment
source of reference: People's website bitcoin network virtual currency
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
1. Bitcoin's long-term investors are turning into short-term investors
2. The transfer of wealth is behind the soaring price
3. Most of the transactions of bitcoin come from exchanges, and a large number of them are used in the real economy
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Banks are not willing to cooperate with cryptocurrency companies and exchanges, and many operations are compliant
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purchase method:
users can buy bitcoin, at the same time, they can also use the computer to "mine" bitcoin according to the algorithm. When users "mine" bitcoin, they need to search for 64 bit numbers by computer
and then, by repeatedly solving mysteries, compete with other gold miners to provide the required numbers for the bitcoin network. If the user's computer successfully creates a set of numbers, it will get 25 bitcoins
e to the decentralized programming adopted by the bitcoin system, only 25 bitcoins can be obtained every 10 minutes, and by 2140, the maximum number of bitcoins in circulation will reach 21 million. In other words, bitcoin system is able to achieve self-sufficiency, resist inflation through coding, and prevent others from destroying these codes
