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Bitcoin is the first ever blockchain and it positions itself as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system. Read more

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin

Bitcoin is the first decentralized peer-to-peer payment network that is powered by its users with no central authority or middlemen.

Stacks

Stacks

Stacks is a Bitcoin L2 enabling smart contracts, apps with Bitcoin as secure base layer.

ORDI

ORDI

ORDI is the first BRC-20 token built on the Bitcoin blockchain due to Ordinals protocol.

Trust Wallet

Trust Wallet

Trust Wallet is a self-custody crypto wallet supporting 10M+ assets across 100+ blockchains.

Babylon

Babylon

Babylon is a platform that enables Bitcoin staking on PoS blockchains for added security.

Chainflip

Chainflip

Chainflip is a cross-chain AMM enabling native asset swaps without wrapped tokens or specialised wallets.

Merlin Chain

Merlin Chain

Merlin Chain offers a native scaling solution that integrates ZK-Rollup network.

Symbiosis Finance

Symbiosis Finance

Symbiosis is a cross-chain AMM DEX that pools together liquidity from different blockchains.

Magic Eden

Magic Eden

Magic Eden is a multi-chain NFT, Inscriptions and Runes Marketplace.

SATS (Ordinals)

SATS (Ordinals)

SATS is a BRC20-token running on Bitcoin blockchain due to Ordinals protocol.

Multibit

Multibit

MultiBit is the first-ever dual-sided bridge designed for easy cross-network transfers between BRC20 and ERC20 tokens.

Nexo

Nexo

Nexo is the world’s largest and most trusted lending institution in the digital finance industry.

Portal

Portal

Portal is a custody-less interoperability protocol for Bitcoin.

SatoshiVM

SatoshiVM

SatoshiVM is a ZK Rollup Layer 2 solution with native BTC gas.

Solv Protocol

Solv Protocol

Solv Protocol is a liquidity infrastructure for Bitcoin.

Dog

Dog

DOG is a meme token launched on Bitcoin Runes protocol.

Rats

Rats

RATS is the animal token created on the BTC Blockchain using the BRC-20 protocol.

Phantom

Phantom

Phantom is a non-custodial crypto wallet for managing digital assets on Solana, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Polygon.

Ordiswap

Ordiswap

Ordiswap is a Automated Market Maker (AMM) deployed on Bitcoin's native layer.

Orange

Orange

Orange is an ecosystem of products and services for managing assets on Bitcoin blockchain.

BOB

BOB

BOB (Build on Bitcoin) is a Bitcoin L2 with full EVM compatibility & native Bitcoin support.

Dynamic

Dynamic

Dynamic Labs is a web3 authentication platform.

MAP Protocol

MAP Protocol

MAP Protocol is a Bitcoin layer-2 and peer-to-peer omnichain infrastructure built upon light clients and ZK technology.

TRAC (Ordinals)

TRAC (Ordinals)

TRAC is a decentralized metaprotocol tracking for Bitcoin Ordinals.

TeleportDAO

TeleportDAO

TeleportDAO is a trustless interoperability protocol that provides an infrastructure for developers to build cross-chain applications.

SoSoValue

SoSoValue

SoSoValue is an AI-powered investment and research platform.

Nubit

Nubit

Nubit is the Trustless World Computer for Bitcoin.

Tap Protocol

Tap Protocol

Tap is an OrdFi enabling protocol for Bitcoin Ordinals.

BitSmiley

BitSmiley

BitSmiley is a stablecoin protocol on the BTC ecosystem.

Ordify

Ordify

Ordify is a launchpad platform on Bitcoin L2s blockchains.

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What is Bitcoin Ecosystem?

Bitcoin is an innovative Internet Protocol with or provide anonymous peer-to-peer digital value transactions without the need of a central authority or a bank to execute transactions, which means it is fully decentralized.

Bitcoins has become reality via the collective consensus of the network nodes. Bitcoin is open-source, open to the public, and no one has control over it.  

Bitcoin transactions are:

  • Permissionless and borderless. You can send payment transactions in BTC to anyone, at anytime, and any amount, with no need of intermediaries like banks or governments. Nobody is able to restrict your remittance, freeze it or control it in any way;  

  • You do not need to provide any ID or pass KYC/AML, which constitutes technology suitable for the unbanked, the privacy-conscious communities, or people in financially underdeveloped or sanctioned countries;

  • Bitcoin cannot be tampered with since nobody is able to block or freeze a transaction of any amount; 

  • Irreversible once a transaction is added to the blockchain;

  • Fast. Transactions can be processed within seconds and become fully irreversible within an hour;

  • Available and online 24 hours a day/365 days per year.

These transactions are tracked on a distributed ledger, commonly referred to as a blockchain. This ledger records every bitcoin transaction ever made. Each “block” in the blockchain is built up of a data structure based on encrypted Merkle Trees. This is particularly useful for detecting fraud or corrupt files. Even if a single file is corrupt or fraudulent, the blockchain prevents it from damaging the rest of the ledger.

Stored Bitcoins:

The Bitcoin total supply is stable and predefined at 21 million Bitcoins. More Bitcoins cannot be issued as a result BTC won't be debased. Bitcoin’s blockchain inherent rules guarantee that only 21 million Bitcoins will ever exist. On April 20, 2024, BTC experienced its fourth block reward halving. Today around 450BTC are mined every 24 hours. It will be halved once every four years or so till the last bitcoin has been mined. In actuality, the final bitcoin is hardly to be mined till around the year 2140. Additionally, there are no storage costs as Bitcoins do not take up any physical space regardless of the amount.

How does Bitcoin work?

The underlying technologies behind Bitcoin are public-key cryptography, peer-to-peer networking, and Proof-of-Work consensus mechanism for payment verification. One of Bitcoin’s most appealing features is its verification process, which minimizes the risk of fraud. Bitcoin is decentralized and kept secure by “miners” — continuously verifying transactions and getting block rewards in exchange for their work. Once a specific amount of transactions are verified, another block is added to the blockchain and the process continues as usual.

Each payment transaction is broadcasted to the network and included in the blockchain to avoid double-spending. After a couple of minutes, each transaction is securely stored on the blockchain by the massive amount of processing power that continues to extend the blockchain.

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