Bitcoin

(BTC).

Bitcoin is a digital currency that is created, and effectively administered without recourse to a central bank or other central authority.

It was launched in 2009.

Bitcoin is sometimes abbreviated to 'BC', rather than BTC.

See also

• Altcoin
• Bit
• Blockchain
• Cryptoassets
• Cryptocurrency
• Digital currency
• ekrona

Other links

• Bitcoin: a primer, Chicago Fed Dec 2013
• Bank of England - Digital currencies