Let’s Know Where The Ocean Of Bitcoin Started..!! – ALTCOIN MAGAZINE
“The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future.”– Theodore Roosevelt.
Little does anybody realize that history plays a very important role in developing an efficient product for the future. Speaking of the most discussed technology, let’s talk about where the history of Blockchain started and how is it more effective from the perspective of programming. Blockchain technology will soon reach into areas beyond the digital currency movement and start affecting mostly everything from entertainment to business because the startups have increasingly started integrating blockchain into their business models.
Let’s start with a simple question. What is Blockchain? Blockchain refers to the linking or chaining of blocks. It is a decentralized, distributed ledger of blocks, where each of which holds to the previous block.
Most of the cryptocurrencies use blockchain technology to record the transactions. Let’s consider, the Bitcoin network and Ethereum network; both are based on blockchain. The bitcoin network is considered to be a peer-to-peer payment network that operates on a cryptographic protocol.
Bitcoin is 10 years old now. Here’s Bitcoin’s milestone- including its bumps and triumphs to celebrate its decade-long existence.
2008:
The domain name “bitcoin.org” was actually purchased on August 18. An anonymous inventor by the name Satoshi Nakamoto then published the original Bitcoin white paper on 31st October.
2009:
The very first genesis block was mined on January 3rd, leading to the first-ever ten BTC transaction by Nakamoto to Hai Finney just nine days later. Since then all the million BTC controlled by Satoshi’s wallet haven’t been touched. On October 5th, the New Liberty Standard sets the BTS rate at $1=1,309 BTC.
2010:
On May 17th, the American Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 BTC for two pizzas. The two pizzas were valued at $25 but are now worth $62.4 million with the current BTC rate. On November 6th, Bitcoin’s market cap exceeded $1 million for the first time.
2011:
WikiLeaks started accepting anonymous Bitcoin donations in June.
2012:
On September 27, Bitcoin started getting recognition via the launch of the Bitcoin Foundation.
2014:
The world’s largest Bitcoin exchange, Mt.Gox, went offline in January. They went bankrupt in February.
2017:
In August a continuous hard fork occurred, spawning the now popular altcoin Bitcoin cash. The block size of Bitcoin increased from 1MB to 8MB. China bans initial coin offerings starting September 4th. Eleven days later, China ordered local cryptocurrency exchanges to close.
2018:
The beginning of the year saw an end to anonymous trading in South Korea. The government required all Bitcoin traders to reveal their identity. In August, Mt.Gox prepares to repay all affected victims of its previous hack.
Bitcoin might have changed a lot since it was first launched, but it had an undeniable global impact over the last decade.
Coming to programming languages involved in Bitcoin. C++ creates applications that can process the interactions quickly and coordinate between numerous endpoints. This is the main reason most of the blockchain projects like Bitcoin, Etherium, etc were written in C++.
There are basically three types of blockchain: public blockchain, private blockchain, and hybrid blockchain.
A public blockchain is open to everybody and it is open for anybody to develop projects. The main example of a public blockchain is Ethereum which is open to the public and dApps can be easily developed. In Ethereum we write smart contracts that are written in the language Solidity, which is quite similar to JavaScript.
A private blockchain is used only within an enterprise, and Hyperledger is an example of the private blockchain. A variety of coding languages are required to program in Hyperledger.
Hybrid blockchain comprises of one public and two private blockchains and it is considered to be the most efficient type of blockchain as it utilizes the advantageous features of both public and private blockchain and gives the users an opportunity to develop prominent applications.
Blockchain is already considered one of the most important technologies and had a great global impact over the last decade. Who knows what the next ten years will hold. Buckle up, because it’s going to be an even bumpier Bitcoin ride from here.
Published at Tue, 27 Aug 2019 01:15:21 +0000
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