Overview#

Bitcoin (BTC)

For current information on Bitcoin we refer to others that can keep up with Bitcoin

Generally, we use the term Bitcoin to refer to the Cryptocurrency which uses the Blockchain

List of Bitcoin forks [2]#

List of Bitcoin forks

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
• Bitcoin Gold (BTG)
• Bitcoin Diamond (BCD)
• Bitcoin Faith (BTF)

Why Bitcoin and not ???#

Part of the answer is that Bitcoin has been the most tested and reliable blockchain to date; in addition, the relatively robust self-interest of miners, and the financial investment made into Bitcoin (and Bitcoin related companies) make it likely that it will be around for a good while longer than many; even if Bitcoin is not the best choice.

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• BTC
• Bitcoin Cash
• Bitcoin Diamond
• Bitcoin Faith
• Bitcoin Gold
• Bitcoin address
• Bitcoin block
• Blockcerts
• Blockchain
• Blockchain 2.0
• Blockchain Identity
• Blockstack
• Currency Code
• Digital Asset
• Distributed Ledger Technology
• Hashgraph
• Merkle Tree
• Nakamoto consensus
• Non Permissioned System
• Pay-To-Public-Key-Hash
• Person-to-Person Payments
• Privacy Considerations Distributed Ledger Technology
• Proof-of-Work
• Sovrin
• Stellar Consensus Protocol
• Web Blog_blogentry_041115_1
• Web Blog_blogentry_130418_1
• Zcash

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• [#1] - Why Use Bitcoin? - based on information obtained 2014-04-10
• [#2] - List of Bitcoin forks - based on information obtained 2017-12-24-