The domain name “bitcoin.org” was registered on 18 August 2008. In November 2008, a link to a paper authored by Satoshi Nakamoto titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System was posted to a cryptography mailing list. Nakamoto put the Bitcoin software into implementation as open source code. It was released in January 2009. The identity of Nakamoto remains unknown. More...

Move over credit cards: Cryptocurrency is the future of retail Blockchain may still be in its early stages–, but if recent trends can tell us anything, it’s that this and the next few years are set to establish the technology as a dominant force in e-commerce. Essentially, a cheat-proof ledger that monitors and authenticates financial transactions, blockchain has been widely...

Virtual currency can be characterized as a type of unregulated, digital money that is issued and sometimes controlled by its developers. It’s used and accepted among the members of a specific virtual community. The most famous virtual currency is bitcoin. Need a Bitcoin Merchant Account? Bitcoin is a public-ledger distributed virtual currency, which means anyone can see everyone else’s bitcoin...