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Bitcoin

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What is Bitcoin?

Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency, without a central bank or single administrator, that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries. It is commonly used for online transactions, as a store of value, and as a speculative investment.

What other technologies are related to Bitcoin?

Bitcoin Competitor Technologies

Ethereum is a competing blockchain platform that offers smart contract functionality, potentially diverting users and applications from Bitcoin.
mentioned alongside Bitcoin in 16% (1.1k) of relevant job posts
Solana is another blockchain platform that competes with Bitcoin, offering different trade-offs in terms of speed, scalability, and decentralization.
mentioned alongside Bitcoin in 13% (221) of relevant job posts
Hyperledger is an umbrella project of open-source blockchains and related tools, some of which compete with Bitcoin in enterprise use cases.
mentioned alongside Bitcoin in 6% (98) of relevant job posts
Polygon is a scaling solution for Ethereum, which indirectly competes with Bitcoin by offering alternative platforms for decentralized applications.
mentioned alongside Bitcoin in 9% (70) of relevant job posts
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) applications, often built on alternative blockchains, compete with Bitcoin for user adoption and transaction volume.
mentioned alongside Bitcoin in 3% (75) of relevant job posts

Bitcoin Complementary Technologies

The Lightning Network is a layer-2 scaling solution for Bitcoin, designed to enable faster and cheaper transactions.
mentioned alongside Bitcoin in 78% (102) of relevant job posts

Which organizations are mentioning Bitcoin?

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