The world's leading cryptocurrency, the Bitcoin (BTC) is stored and traded securely over the internet using a digital ledger called a blockchain. On October 31, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto (pseudonym) explains how digital currency works. A few months later, a first block is created in the digital register and a first transaction is carried out. Bitcoin then cost $ 0,0007.
The term Ethereum (ETH) is a cryptocurrency coupled with a decentralized computing platform. Developers can use the platform to build decentralized applications and issue new crypto-assets that qualify as Ethereum tokens.
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An Altcoin is a different cryptocurrency from bitcoin.
Blockchain is a decentralized technology that works without central authority thanks to the users of the system. It allows the storage and dissemination of information in an ultra secure and inexpensive way. In the case of a public blockchain, everyone is free to consult the blockchain and verify its transactions. We can define a public blockchain as a public, anonymous and inviolable accounting register.