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What is the difference between Bitcoin and Blockchain?

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Brendan

Brendan

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Brendan , Analyst, NY

Answered Nov 27, 2020

Bitcoin is the creation of currency that could work independently without a central bank. Bitcoins started as a bubble but quickly became one of the world's most prosperous digital currencies. The idea behind bitcoin was to free the people from the control of the government. It is used for performing transactions over the internet anonymously. It is a new type of currency in which no card is involved that can be used to make payments. However, Bitcoin cannot operate without Blockchain, as Bitcoin owes its success to Blockchain, a technology that oversees and records bitcoin transactions. Blockchain is a distributed web of pcs and a global payment system that safeguards the honesty of transactions between the existing parties. It's a database of open records that document all transactions made in bitcoins. This system allows anybody to be the decision-making authority, unlike any other currency that would require a central authority. Bitcoin, however, operates outside of central control as a form of cryptocurrency.
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Bart

Bart

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Bart , Musician, BA, Lausanne

Answered Nov 03, 2020

Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency that operates without the control of a central bank or authority. It was created by an anonymous developer whose identity is yet to be confirmed even to date. It was created to serve as a digital currency that can be used for all kinds of payments. On the other hand, blockchain is the technology used in Bitcoin. It serves as a digital ledger where past transactions of bitcoins are recorded. It is a digital system developed to boost the confidence of the users. The technology used in blockchain makes it to be a decentralized system. Although it started with bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies are also using it. Bitcoin uses a decentralized system of operation that eliminates the control of a third party. With bitcoin, you can make payments without the regular involvement of any banks. The smooth running of bitcoins depends on the blockchain, but blockchain does not depend on bitcoins.
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Matz Lewis Clark

Matz Lewis Clark

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Matz Lewis Clark
Matz Lewis Clark, College student, Graduation, Orlando

Answered Oct 21, 2020

Bitcoin is a type of cryptocurrency. Blockchain, on the other hand, is a type of database that has been distributed. You can tell that Bitcoin is powered by Blockchain, but Blockchain can be used for a lot of other things. For example, when you use Blockchain, this will give you a chance to make some of the transactions that you have made public. Bitcoin is known to be one of the most popular cryptocurrencies right now. In fact, there are a lot of people who had gotten rich because they had acquired some Bitcoin when it was not as popular as it is right now. Bitcoin will always promote privacy, so details about the owners will not be known.
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