Bitcoin is a form of digital currency, created and held electronically. No one controls it. Bitcoins aren’t printed, like dollars or euros – they’re produced by people, and increasingly businesses, running computers all around the world, using software that solves mathematical problems.

It’s the first example of a growing category of money known as cryptocurrency.![images (8).jpeg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmTbemqcR7t4NYkRPm9jWTGAx7e7cUxRN4yspXGRASv8Zb/images%20(8).jpeg)