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2. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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   Bitcoin wallets were the first cryptocurrency wallets, enabling users to store the information necessary to transact bitcoins. [85][8]: ch. 1, glossary The first wallet program, simply named Bitcoin, and sometimes referred to as the Satoshi client, was released in 2009 by Nakamoto as open-source software. [7]

3. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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   By November 2018, Bitcoin was estimated to have an annual energy consumption of 45.8TWh, generating 22.0 to 22.9 million tons of CO 2, rivalling nations like Jordan and Sri Lanka. [251] By the end of 2021, Bitcoin was estimated to produce 65.4 million tons of CO 2, as much as Greece, [252] and consume between 91 and 177 terawatt-hours annually ...

4. Bitcoin price history: 2009 to 2024 - AOL

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   Bitcoin ETFs then began trading on Jan. 11, 2024. Bitcoin peaked at nearly $49,000 in the days leading up to the announcement, but cooled somewhat in the weeks following. Money has poured into the ...

5. Vietnamese đồng - Wikipedia

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   2.7% (2019) [1] The dong (Vietnamese: đồng) (/ dɒŋ /; Vietnamese: [ˀɗɜwŋ͡m˨˩]; sign: ₫ or informally đ in Vietnamese; [2] code: VND) has been the currency of Vietnam since 3 May 1978. [3][4] It is issued by the State Bank of Vietnam. [5] The dong was also the currency of the predecessor states of North Vietnam and South Vietnam ...

6. Legality of cryptocurrency by country or territory - Wikipedia

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   The State Bank of Vietnam has declared that the issuance, supply and use of bitcoin and other similar virtual currency is illegal as a mean of payment and subject to punishment ranging from 150 million to 200 million VND, [134] but the government does not ban bitcoin trading as a virtual goods or assets.

7. History of bitcoin - Wikipedia

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   As the market valuation of the total stock of bitcoins approached US$1 billion, some commentators called bitcoin prices a bubble. [177] [178] [179] In early April 2013, the price per bitcoin dropped from $266 to around $50 and then rose to around $100. Over two weeks starting late June 2013 the price dropped steadily to $70.

8. The Taliban says it wants people to visit Afghanistan. Here’s ...

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   About 691 tourists visited Afghanistan in 2021, rising to 2,300 the following year and 7,000 in 2023, according to the Associated Press, citing Mohammad Saeed, head of the Tourism Directorate in ...

9. Environmental impact of bitcoin - Wikipedia

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   The environmental impact of bitcoin is significant. Bitcoin mining, the process by which bitcoins are created and transactions are finalized, is energy-consuming and results in carbon emissions, as about half of the electricity used is generated through fossil fuels. [1] Moreover, bitcoins are mined on specialized computer hardware with a short ...