For example, I will start with the obvious: Bitcoin is internet money
Is this a perfect explanation? Of course not. This is where you come in.
Please post the most detailed aspects about Bitcoin you know, without repeating any info previously posted in this thread.
The idea is as we scroll down, the discussion should get continually more complicated as we dig further into the technology, development, history, etc.
Make sense?
So I will repeat the starting point: Bitcoin is internet money
Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, the first and still the biggest example of its type. At its core, it’s a new form of digital asset, created through a canny combination of encryption and peer-to-peer networking.
If you own a bitcoin, what you actually control is a secret digital key you can use to prove to anyone on the network that a certain amount of bitcoin is yours.
If you spend that bitcoin, you tell the entire network that you have transferred ownership of it and use the same key to prove that you are really you. In that respect, your key is similar to a password that allows you access to your money, except with no possibility of resetting your key if you lose it. Anyone else who manages to discover your key would gain total, irreversible control over your cash. The history of all the transactions made is a lasting record of who owns which bitcoin: that record is called the “blockchain”.