As the original cryptocurrency, Bitcoin was created in 2008 by an anonymous person or group using the name Satoshi Nakamoto. This invention was released to the public as open-source software and serves as a decentralized digital currency in a very centralized world. There is no longer a need for intermediaries as the Bitcoin network provides a censorship resistant, permission-less, and peer-to-peer transactional system.

These transactions are verified by network nodes spread across the globe and recorded on a public ledger called the Blockchain. With a finite supply of 21 million, Bitcoin serves as a bank in cyberspace and continues to prove itself as the best savings technology in today's macro-environment.