Bitcoin's value has increased four-fold since the spring -- and you thought the DOW stock market surge was big news. Is now the time to invest your money in Bitcoin? Here's why you should and why you shouldn't.Bitcoin, of course, is a blockchain-based cryptocurrency. It's decentralized, anonymous and global.
Bitcoin made big headlines recently when its price on Bitcoin exchanges (which allow you to trade Bitcoin for U.S. dollars) surged to an all-time high above $4,000. That was about a four-fold increase from Bitcoin's value just a few months ago, and about seven times what Bitcoin was worth a year ago at this time.

There are many repeated concerns and sources of misinformation spread about Zcash and, while the technology is still in its infancy, it is rapidly evolving to actively address these concerns. Such concerns primarily focus on the nature of the trusted setup, the performance cost of completing a shielded transaction and the fact that private transactions are not mandatory for all Zcash transactions.

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The IOTA cryptocurrency is the native token of the IOTA platform. Its most commonly used ticker name on cryptocurrency exchanges is MIOTA, which refers to one million IOTA.

The fees involved with purchasing Monero will generally be lower if you can purchase directly on a Monero trading exchange such as Kraken. For large purchases, we recommend using an exchange. It can take a few days to send funds to an exchange and get your identity verified with it.

Crypto investors are seeing red this week. Bitcoin plunged to two-month lows on Thursday, dipping below $9,000 for the first time since November. At the time of writing, Bitcoin had bounced back up to the $9,200 level, down from weekly highs just above $12,000. This week has seen coins across the board in the red — a sign that investors are jumping ship to fiat currencies this time instead of swapping into altcoins as we’ve seen in the recent past.

Bitcoin entered the scene in 2009 and developed a sizable network effect in a realm of little competition.  However, as the Bitcoin network grew and development standardized, improvements became difficult to implement.

While it is now considered too late for hobbyists without expensive ASIC processors to start mining bitcoins, many of the alternative digital currencies are still well suited for mining on your home PC.In this guide, we'll take you through all you need to know to start digging up a few litecoins, feathercoins or dogecoins without any costly extra equipment.