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I've heard the term several times. I know that it's an online currency, but I'd like to know more, without having to search too hard.
My main questions:
What can bitcoins be used for? Where does one acquire bitcoins? When were they first created?
What exactly are Bitcoins?
Answers
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What exactly are Bitcoins?
bitcoins are the right and possiblility to write some data (transaction) to some database (blockchain) passing this right to another person.
What can bitcoins be used for?
What can gold be used for? Trading/exchanging for all other things
Where does one acquire bitcoins?
Where does one acquire gold? Either buy it, or mine it, or steal it, or find it
When were they first created?
When gold was first created? Dumb question. Just think that it exists today
So, bitcoins are gold? Virtual gold? – GLaDOS – 2015-01-26T07:59:28.873
You can replace "gold" in my answer with "silver", "water" or even "bullshit". This does not matter. – amaclin – 2015-01-26T08:02:01.587
3Downvoted. You can choose not to answer, possibly asking to close the question for being poorly researched; but I don't find it legitimate to answer rudely. In particular, "When were they first created?" is not a dumb question. The answer depends on your notion of "created", but I'd say January 3 2009. – Meni Rosenfeld – 2015-01-26T10:48:40.337
@MeniRosenfeld I'd argue that they were created over the course of two years prior to the announcement of Bitcoin. – Nick ODell – 2015-01-26T15:30:38.200
1I'd downvote that question so hard. – Christian Bock – 2015-01-26T10:57:06.500
1It's advised that you make only one question per entry, so that people can focus on answering only that question. – Arturo Torres Sánchez – 2015-01-26T14:26:30.923
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duplicate of: What exactly are Bitcoins?, What can Bitcoins be used for? When were they first created? I don't think the second question has been asked. You might want to re-ask it.
– Nick ODell – 2015-01-26T15:40:24.677