Cryptocurrency: Difference between revisions

From Citizendium
Jump to navigation Jump to search
imported>Martin Amanshauser
(Bitcoin)
imported>Martin Amanshauser
mNo edit summary
 
(2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{subpages}}
{{subpages}}
A '''cryptocurrency''' is the name given to digital means of payment that are based on [[Cryptography|cryptographic]] [[Tool|tools]] such as blockchains and [[Digital Signature|digital signatures]]. As a payment system, they should be independent, distributed and [[Security|secure]]. They are not actually currencies. In 2009, Bitcoin was the first crypto currency to appear.
A '''cryptocurrency''' is the name given to digital means of payment that are based on [[Cryptography|cryptographic]] [[Tool|tools]] such as blockchains and [[Digital Signature|digital signatures]]. As a payment system, they should be independent, distributed and [[Security|secure]]. They are not actually currencies. In 2009, [[Bitcoin]] was the first cryptocurrency to appear. In 2021, over 8,000 cryptocurrencies were in use.<ref>{{cite web
|url= https://coin.market/cryptos
|title=List of all traded cryptocurrencies
|accessdate=January 2021
}}</ref>
 
==References==
<references/>

Latest revision as of 13:43, 14 January 2021

This article is developing and not approved.
Main Article
Discussion
Definition [?]
Related Articles  [?]
Bibliography  [?]
External Links  [?]
Citable Version  [?]
 
This editable Main Article is under development and subject to a disclaimer.

A cryptocurrency is the name given to digital means of payment that are based on cryptographic tools such as blockchains and digital signatures. As a payment system, they should be independent, distributed and secure. They are not actually currencies. In 2009, Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency to appear. In 2021, over 8,000 cryptocurrencies were in use.[1]

References

  1. List of all traded cryptocurrencies. Retrieved on January 2021.