![image](https://img.esteem.ws/h4v5zta4th.jpg)"Bitcoin is the original cryptocurrency released in 2009 as open-source software. It is a digital currency predicated on cryptographically secure transactions, a proof-of-work consensus model, and a decentralized, P2P distributed ledger network. Bitcoin’s distributed ledger is the first blockchain — a shared and distributed timestamped ledger of data blocks connected through a chain of cryptographic hashes — and solved the double spend problem that had plagued previous iterations of digital currencies. ![image](https://img.esteem.ws/1k73v500ci.jpg)
**Bitcoin has a price of $ 3,901.25 with a marketcap of $ 68,233,589,189 and ranked 1 of all cryptocurrencies
Price today is 0.31%, 24 Hour Volume is $6,809,946,815.09." -blockonomi.com**
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