The first and most well-known cryptocurrency, created in 2009 as a digital form of money that works without banks or governments.
Think of it like digital gold — scarce, valuable, and not controlled by any single company or country.
Bitcoin is the foundation of the entire crypto industry and is often the first investment people make when entering the space.
Watch out for scammers impersonating Bitcoin giveaways or claiming to double your Bitcoin — no legitimate person or company does that.
Any cryptocurrency that isn't Bitcoin — there are thousands of them, each with different purposes and features.
The process of using powerful computers to validate transactions and add them to a blockchain, earning new crypto as a reward.
The original method Bitcoin and some other blockchains use to validate transactions, where miners compete to solve complex math puzzles using computer power.
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