WHAT IS BITCOIN?

Bitcoin was created in 2009 as the world’s first decentralized, digitally native, non-government backed currency. Rather than utilizing a third party intermediary such as a bank, transactions are verified by network of independent computers through cryptography and recorded in a public distributed ledger called a blockchain. It can be used as a medium of exchange for goods and services, as well as a store of value - or digital Gold - due to it’s limited, fixed supply of 21 million Bitcoins.