In this episode of “Bitcoin, Explained,” hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost go back to Bitcoin basics. They explain one of the most fundamental building blocks in all of Bitcoin: hash functions ...

Bitcoin has been touted as a revolution in the world of money. You may have also heard it described a dozen different ways, sometimes in a good light and other times in less savory terms. It’s easy to ...

Bitcoin is a digital currency — a virtual form of cash — that allows users to make anonymous payments online. Bitcoin transactions are validated by a vast network of computers, instead of banks or ...

An event that halves the rate at which new Bitcoins are created. It occurs once every four years. As many know, Bitcoin’s (BTC) supply is finite. Once 21 million coins are generated, the network will ...

Bitcoin is making headlines, as the regulators have finally approved a way to “invest” that doesn’t require a crypto wallet, an unregulated “exchange” intermediary and a “crypto key” that might be ...