
Bitcoin, an open-source decentralized software product whose white paper was released by Satoshi Nakamoto, which could either be a single individual or a denominator for a group, in 2008 and then launched in 2009, has been an item of interest ever since. There is no lack of legends, myths and even apocryphal rumors when it comes to bitcoin. So, what is bitcoin really? Myth 1: Bitcoin is a5