The rate of bitcoin in the last 24 hours fell by 25.1%, dropping to a level of $ 10.5 thousand for the first time since December 1, 2017, according to the data of the portal Coinmarketcap. As of 23:50 UTC, the currency is trading at $ 10 516.7 per bitcoin.
Bitcoin is a decentralized system of the same name for crypto currency based on blocking technology, which any user – participant of the system can “emit,” creating new blocks of the system with the help of a computing device.
The concept of the system was published in November 2008. The rapid growth of popularity of bitcoin occurred only in recent years. The emission of this currency is naturally limited, and at the moment most of the bitcoins are already “mined”.