What is The Blockchain?

Because Bitcoins are an open-sourced digital money, all transactions are public. At any time, you can view thousands of Bitcoin transactions in a public ledger called the blockchain.Each transaction is encrypted by a Bitcoin address, which is a combination of letters and numbers that acts as your personal address for sending and receiving bitcoins. Check your transaction on the blockchain at blockchain.info.

What are the other types of Digital Money?

There are several types of digital money available today, such as bitcoin, litecoin, dodgecoin and feathercoin.

How is bitcoin price determined?

Bitcoins market is one of the few perfect market examples, where price is solely determined by supply and demand of bitcoins. As bitcoin is a decentralized currency, therefore, there is no market intervention to impact bitcoin value. In simple words, the rise in bitcoin price suggests that more people are willing to buy bitcoins than to sell bitcoins and vice versa.

How many Bitcoins are in circulation?

Unlike USD and other currencies that can be created out of thin air, the Bitcoin network is programmed to never exceed 21 million bitcoins. The cost of one bitcoin fluctuates within the market.

There is a very small transaction fee to send, store, and receive bitcoins, and other digital money, however it is much lower than traditional financial institutions.