Being able to define a bitcoin as something is complex since a bitcoin is not something physical, this characteristic is something that bothers many people, not being able to touch a unit of value is something new for us, but these changes have been seen throughout history, we went from making exchanges with spices to using gold and silver coins to make payments, and from coins to paper money, now it seems the turn of digital currencies or cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin, as we know, is not a physical currency. Technically it is not a currency either if we look at what a bitcoin looks like on the blockchain. If you do, you will see an extensive code, so bitcoin, in essence, is a unit of value generated within a decentralized and cryptographic protocol that works in a Blockchain network, generated from the verification of the new blocks by the miners. Bitcoin, like many cryptocurrencies, can be fragmented into parts so a person can buy one complete bitcoin or buy a fraction of a bitcoin, for example, 0.005 BTC.
Bitcoin’s operations are very simple because it was created as a secure and anonymous electronic payment method. It can be used to make payments or buy a good or service, but thanks to the popularity and growth of the price it acquired Bitcoin over time. It is also used as a store of value, to carry out transactions with bitcoin, you must use a wallet that is connected to the Bitcoin blockchain, you must also have the address of the wallet to which we want to send so we can make a transaction, the data of that transaction will be stored in a block that will be verified by the miners and thus will be registered in the blockchain.
Of course, given its electronic and digital nature, bitcoin is the first decentralized digital asset created, even in many countries for economic and legal purposes some cryptocurrencies are considered assets or financial tools that can generate profits.
Of course, even the main function that is described in its whitepaper is that of a digital currency that can be exchanged and used as a means of payment throughout the world.
Profits or returns can be made with almost any currency or cryptocurrency on the market, but you should never invest without full knowledge or awareness of the risks involved in investing in any financial market.
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