Bitcoin
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Bitcoin
The Bitcoin Program logo
Screenshot of the Bitcoin program
Type of cryptocurrency, data transfer protocol, project, blockchain, payment system, currency and Reserve currency
By Satoshi Nakamoto
Developer Satoshi Nakamoto
Written in C++[1]
Operating system Microsoft Windows, GNU / Linux[d], macOS and Android
Interface languages English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese writing[d][2]
First issue January 3, 2009
The latest version
is 0.21.1 (May 3, 2021) [3]
License MIT license [4][5]
Website bitcoin.org/ru/
Wikimedia Commons logo Media files on Wikimedia Commons
Not to be confused with Bitcoin Cash.
Bitcoin, or bitcoin[⇨] (from the English Bitcoin, from bit-bit and coin-coin), is a peer-to-peer payment system that uses the unit of the same name to account for transactions. Cryptographic methods are used to ensure the functioning and protection of the system, but