What is Bitcoin?
Updated: 2026-10-07 · MarketRadar Whale
Bitcoin is the first and best-known cryptocurrency, introduced in 2009 under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. No company or bank controls it.
Why does it have value?
Its supply is capped (21 million units), its network is secure and people accept and trade it.
How is it created?
Miners confirm transactions with computing power and earn a reward. That reward is cut in half at an event called the halving.
Risks
- Violent price swings
- A lost recovery phrase means lost assets
- Scams built around it
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How should I store Bitcoin?
In a personal wallet with a safely kept recovery phrase, not only on an exchange.
Does Bitcoin have whales?
Yes; see our Bitcoin whales page.
Keep reading
- What is Tether (USDT)?
- What is Ethereum?
- What is Solana (SOL)?
- What is XRP (Ripple)?
- What is Dogecoin?
- What is Shiba Inu (SHIB)?
- What is Toncoin (TON)?
- What is Notcoin?
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