$81,750 or above: 93%24h Vol: $1.1M6h
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$81,750 or above: 93%24h Vol: $1.1M6h$83,100 or above: 99%24h Vol: $1.1MAwaiting resolution
84,000: 10%24h Vol: $830K1h
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↑ 85,000: 80%24h Vol: $481.6K18d
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No: 100%24h Vol: $635.3KAwaiting resolution$78,000 or above: 94%24h Vol: $274.4K3d↑ 90,000: 64%24h Vol: $213.1K2mo
Polymarket↑ 86,000: 43%24h Vol: $155.3K5d
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80,000 to 84,999.99: 14%24h Vol: $111.1K2mo27 AI agentsKalshi↓ 83,000: 69%24h Vol: $136.6K13hPolymarket82,000: 77%24h Vol: $77.9K2d82,000: 84%24h Vol: $115.5K1dDerivatives and mapped ecosystem data, with source timings and coverage.
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Bitcoin is the first decentralized cryptocurrency: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system that lets people send value over the internet without a bank, payment company or government in the middle. It matters because it was the first system to solve the double-spending problem without a trusted intermediary, and it did so with a supply that no one can inflate: only 21 million bitcoins will ever exist.
The network runs on a public blockchain secured by proof-of-work mining with the SHA-256 hash function. New blocks arrive roughly every 10 minutes, and the issuance of new coins falls by half every 210,000 blocks. Those fixed, predictable rules are why Bitcoin is often described as "digital gold". Since the genesis block in January 2009 it has grown from a cryptography experiment into a globally traded asset held by individuals, companies, funds and some governments.
Bitcoin was created by an individual or group using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, whose identity remains unknown. Nakamoto published the whitepaper Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System on October 31, 2008, and mined the genesis block on January 3, 2009. Nakamoto worked with early contributors on the code and forums, then stepped away in late 2010 without revealing any personal details. Development has since been carried on by an open group of volunteer and sponsored contributors, most visibly in the Bitcoin Core repository, with protocol changes proposed as Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs).
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Bitcoin is maintained by thousands of independent nodes that each store a copy of the blockchain and check every transaction against the same consensus rules. Transactions are grouped into blocks; each block commits to the previous one with a SHA-256 hash, so altering an old transaction would require redoing the work for every block after it.
Miners compete to find a block hash below a target value. The winner adds the next block and collects the block subsidy plus the fees paid by the transactions inside it. The network adjusts mining difficulty every 2,016 blocks so that blocks keep arriving about every 10 minutes regardless of how much hashing power joins or leaves.
Ownership is controlled by private keys. A transaction is valid only if it carries signatures that satisfy the spending conditions of the coins it spends, and the smallest unit, one satoshi, equals 0.00000001 BTC (100,000,000 satoshis per bitcoin).
BTC is used to pay transaction fees, to reward miners for securing the network, and as a bearer asset that can be held or transferred without permission from anyone. In practice it serves as a long-term store of value, a settlement asset between exchanges and institutions, a collateral asset in lending products, and a means of payment where merchants or Lightning services accept it.
Compared with Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash, which forked or copied Bitcoin's design to change block times or block sizes, Bitcoin prioritizes decentralization of node operation and scales payments on layers such as Lightning. Compared with smart contract platforms like Ethereum, Bitcoin's scripting language is deliberately limited, and it keeps proof-of-work rather than proof-of-stake. Its supply is capped, whereas many newer chains have ongoing inflation governed by foundations or validators.
Security comes from three layers. SHA-256 makes blocks and transactions tamper-evident. Proof-of-work makes rewriting history economically expensive, since an attacker would need to outpace the honest hash rate. Independent full nodes reject any block that breaks consensus rules, so even miners cannot change the supply or spend coins they do not control. Proof-of-work consumes significant electricity, which is a frequent criticism; miners seek the cheapest power, which often means surplus hydro, other renewables or otherwise wasted gas.
Bitcoin proved that digital scarcity and trust-minimized settlement are possible. It anchors the wider crypto market, is the reference asset for most trading pairs and funds, and remains the benchmark against which other monetary designs are measured.
Bitcoin is listed on virtually every centralized cryptocurrency exchange and broker, and it is also available through peer-to-peer platforms, Bitcoin ATMs in some regions, and, in several jurisdictions, regulated exchange-traded products. Wrapped versions of BTC also trade on decentralized exchanges on other chains, but these rely on a custodian or bridge.
Nearly every large centralized exchange offers BTC spot trading, usually against USD, EUR, and stablecoins such as Tether. Check that a platform is licensed in your country and supports withdrawals to your own wallet.
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Read the complete paper trading guideThe current price of Bitcoin is $83,544.14 with a 0.77% change in the last 24 hours.
The daily trading volume is $4,760,587,141 representing a 18.88% change in the past 24 hours.
The market capitalization of Bitcoin is $1,679,017,243,490, ranking #1 globally.
The fully diluted valuation (FDV) of Bitcoin is $1,754,426,853,968, calculated assuming the maximum supply of 21,000,000 BTC is in circulation.
Circulating: 20,097,368. Total: 20,097,596. Max: 21,000,000.
In the last 24 hours, Bitcoin traded between a low of $81,112.11 and a high of $84,146.58.
BTC/USDTTether USDT83,544.14 USDT
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