Bitcoin ist eine digitale Währung, die 2009 von einem anonymen Gründer oder einer Gruppe von Gründern mit dem Namen Satoshi Nakamoto gegründet wurde.
Eine Adresse ist das Blockchain Equivalent einer Bankkontonummer im traditionellen Finanzsystem, oder einer E-Mail-Adresse. Sie können Ihre Adresse mit jedem teilen, der in der Lage sein sollte, Geld an Sie zu senden.
A wallet is used to manage private keys. There are wallets for desktop computers, mobile phones and browsers, enabling users to manage funds and interact with smart contract blockchains like Ethereum.
To pay miners for the work of ordering transactions and verifying blocks, sending bitcoin costs a certain amount of transaction fee. This fee may vary over time, as it is defined by the demand for transactions.
A bitcoin transaction is an entry on the bitcoin blockchain ledger, noting sender, receiver and amount of bitcoin transacted.
The hash function used in the bitcoin mining process to verify transactions.
The inventor of bitcoin, which might be one person or a group of persons who released the original bitcoin whitepaper in 2008.
Signature in Bitcoin or other blockchain protocols are used to provide a proof about private key ownership without having to reveal the key.
A graphical representation of a public or private key. Scanning QR codes is a simple way to share keys between devices, especially desktop computers and mobile phones.
A public key can be used by anyone to encrypt messages for a particular recipient. In Bitcoin, this key enables anyone to receive bitcoin.