Bitcoin
A new form of currency has existed for quite some time now called cryptocurrency. The most typical cryptocurrency is Bitcoin; it processes transactions or store funds in network software, not rely on a central server.
Here is the graph of the value of Bitcoin since its creation, we define the value is globe Bitcoin price index(GBX) – Bitcoin(BTC) to United States Dollar(USD). (source from Bitcoin Average) (source from Bitcoin Average)
From the picture, recent years the value of bitcoin has begun to skyrocket, from 2010 to 2017, it increased by more than 80,000 times. There is some analyzation about the reason of sharply rise.
Bitcoin's production costs increase year by year. Mining
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First, the impact of material money market. Compared with the material money, Bitcoin does not distinguish between different currencies, and there are no exchange currency costs or be affected by exchange rate fluctuations. Also, the Bitcoin trades circulation in the global, for the international trade and economic development has brought great convenience. Bitcoin as a virtual currency, with the traditional entity currency, cannot match the advantages of the circulation of Bitcoins will produce a significant change in the currency market.
Second, the impact on the financial system. Bitcoin issuance and operation "decentralized", will challenge the bank's intermediary status. The value of account management, asset management and wealth management in the banking business will gradually decrease. There is no transaction fee for Bitcoin, that will also reduce the amount of remittance from the
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Such as the "litecoin" appearance in the market recent years, it has taken a huge impact on the price of Bitcoin. In addition, although Bitcoin attempts to avoid inflation by setting the upper limit of the quantity. The limited amount is likely to cause the price to fluctuate significantly, making it become the speculation rather than medium of exchange. (Bohme, Christin, Edelman & Moore, 2015) Also, Bitcoin may act as an illegal trading channel, affecting the normal social and economic order. As the Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer transaction, lack of third-party regulation. That may be abused in money-laundering, tax evasion, smuggling and other criminal acts, cause the economic market
Many would say that Bitcoin is a revolutionary new currency, in fact, it is the first currency of its type. It is completely decentralized from governments, it is created as a payment for computer processing power and recording payments into a public ledger. This process is called “mining”. It allows users to process economic activity of the Bitcoin currency, when the currency’s transactions are processed, the computer that processed the transaction gets a tiny reward for its processing power. This is how new Bitcoins are created. To claim the reward, a special transaction called a coinbase is included in the processed payments, all Bitcoins in existence can be traced back to their original coinbase transaction. Right now the reward for adding a block is 25 Bitcoins, that number will be halved in 2017 to 12.5, and then will be halved again every 4 years. Eventually there will be no reward other than the transaction fee, this will occur around the year 2140. Payers have a large incentive to include a transaction fee because then their transaction is usually processed by other users more quickly. People processing have the option to choose whether to process transactions that include a transaction fee or just the standard reward. This is just a small outline of how Bitcoins work.
To fully understand Bitcoin, you need to have a basic understanding about how traditional currency works. Currencies like the dollar bill and the Euro are backed by a central bank. This central bank is controlled by one or more countries. The dollar, for instance, is backed by the US government through the Federal Reserve System. The only reason people have faith in the US dollar is because it is backed by the US government. Consumers therefore, have faith not in the physical currency itself, but in the government behind it. The only value in currency is the faith we place in the country controlling it. The controlling government has complete control over the currency it backs. For example, every dollar bill is marked with a specific ID number. This allows the government the ability to track the bank note through the global market...
“Bitcoin offers users the advantages of lower transaction costs, increased privacy, and long term protection of loss of purchasing power from inflation. However, there are also a number of disadvantages that could hinder wider use. These include sizable volatility of the price of Bitcoins, uncertain security from theft and fraud, and a long term deflationary bias that encourages the hoarding of Bitcoins.” – US Congressional Research Service July 2014
“The Economist Explains, How Does Bitcoin Work?” The Economist (2013): n. pag. Web. 08 Apr. 2014.
...bstitute of conventional currency in immediate future because of its flaws. Since virtual currencies are not monitored a number of substitute currencies like MemeCoin, JunkCoin, DogeCoin, Ripple etc. have flooded in the market which makes user confused and also easy availability of such virtual currencies might reduce the value of currencies. Bitcoins are still vulnerable to viruses, hard drive crashes etc. which makes it really dangerous and risky to stock Bitcoins. Also, fluctuations in the value of bitcoins will cause uncertainty in trading using bitcoins or any virtual money as currency. But, in long run if these loopholes and flaws are rectified, virtual currencies like Bitcoins will be much more feasible than using conventional minted currencies because of its advantages like convenience of use as a global currency, security from theft, anonymous trading etc.
instantly with negligible costs for transactions. Cryptocurrencies are becoming widespread as a paper and electronic currency which poses an opportunity to investors who started early. Most of the commonly known problems with cryptocurrencies are the issues of deflation and also wasteful mining that leads inflation. The advantage is that, these problems are not such pervasive especially when the issue of the cryptocurrency economy as a general operation is considered. They only drive their own value by having the reputation of an effective transaction mechanism. This happens in cases that they seem to be overvalued while other cryptocurrencies getting an opportunity to arise. When they arise, they will thus increase the number of cryptocurrencies which will thence cause inflation while posing a limit to wasteful mining.
"Regulation of money supply needs to be depoliticized... especially as it applies to virtual currencies" - Al Gore
Bitcoin holds value in a fundamentally different way than conventional currencies. As John O McGinnis, a law professor at Northwestern University, and Kyle W Roche, a lawyer at Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, explain, “All modern fiat currencies depend on trust in a
Firstly, an insight into crypto-currencies, what they are and how they can benefit the worlds economy. A crypto-currency is ‘digital medium of exchange’(RhettandLink) - managed through extensive encryption techniques known as cryptography. Comparable with fiat money, no group or individual can stunt, increase or abuse the production of crypto-currencies. No economic systems can regulate the production or value of the currency, the system that crypto-currencies are based upon was created by Satoshi Nakamoto - purposely creating Bitcoin which the practise of fractional reserve banking would be virtually impossible. Bitcoin is currently the most successful crypto-currency to date - created in 2009, this anonymous decentralized digital currency has been the target of several raids and hacking sprees; the media are contemplating the significance of Bitcoin in our current worlds economy. Whether it has potential of overruling fiat-currencies or if it’s just a puerile project created by the aberrant Satoshi Nakamoto.
Cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin, has brought in a lot of media attention over the past few months and has been raising eyebrows within government agencies worldwide. Here’s why: Appropriately constructed, cryptocurrency could potentially upend our established global economic system. This newfound technology poses as a serious threat to our currency-issuing central banks and also to the global financial intermediaries. To truly understand the changes that cryptocurrency could potentially bring, you will need to have a general understanding of our current economic system.
Bitcoin is a new currency and the first decentralized digital currency that was developer by Satoshi Nakamoto in year 2009. The first wallet software is called Bitcoin-Qt that exploited and large amounts of bitcoins were created. Mt. Gox is the largest bitcoin exchange. Bitcoin-Qt was the only software that facilitated bitcoin transactions and mining. The process of mining that involves complex number crunching by the computes in the network. Their success solve the complex math puzzles can get 25 bitcoins every 10minutes by this mining process.
...en Perklberg (2013), The Fed doesn’t have the authority to supervise virtual currencies but that they may hold long-term promise, particularly if the innovations promote a faster, more secure and more efficient payment system (Perklberg, 2013). The Chinese government restricted Chinese bank from making transactions using bitcoins. Also the reserve bank of India has cautioned the users, holders, and traders of bitcoins about the potential financial, legal, customer protection and security related risk that they are exposing themselves to.
So, we can interpret that bitcoin will help to make future transactions smooth, efficient & more productive.
The U.S. dollar is used in most international transactions, and so what happens to the U.S.A. economy will be affected by the international financial resources.
3) Bitcoins are changing how we store and spend our own particular wealth. Since the presence of printed (and at last virtual) money, the world has given over the vitality of cash to a central mint and diverse banks. These banks print our virtual money, store our virtual money, move our virtual money, and charge us for their go between organizations.