Bitcoin, the pioneer decentralized cryptocurrency launched in 2009 by the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto, operates on a peer-to-peer electronic payment system. With 100 million satoshis making up one Bitcoin, the digital asset is divisible up to eight decimal places, accessible to anyone with as little as one U.S. dollar. Despite its notorious volatility, Bitcoin has outperformed all asset classes, surging a remarkable 9,000,000% between 2010 and 2020.
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