In October last year, the online payment service PayPal announced the news<\/a> that it allows its customers to buy and sell popular cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Elke Bitcoin is in feite een computerbestand dat wordt opgeslagen in een ‘digitale portemonnee’-app op een smartphone of computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n People can send Bitcoins (or part of them) to your digital wallet and you can send Bitcoins to other people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Every transaction is recorded in a public list called the blockchain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This makes it possible to fully trace the history of Bitcoins to prevent people from spending coins they do not own, making copies or undoing transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Basically there are 3 methods by which you can get Bitcoins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order for the Bitcoin system to work, people can deploy their computers to perform processing transactions on the blockchain for everyone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The computers are used to calculate incredibly difficult sums. Occasionally they are rewarded with a Bitcoin that the owner can keep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mensen zetten hierom krachtige computers op om Bitcoins te proberen te krijgen. Dit heet “mining”, vergelijkbaar met de traditionele mijnbouw naar goud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the calculations and calculations are made more and more difficult to prevent too many Bitcoins from being generated, because there is a maximum ceiling set by the creator of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency (alias Satoshi Nakamoto) of 21 million Bitcoins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you're with it now mines<\/a> started, it could be decades before you could potentially be rewarded with a single Bitcoin. The electricity bill for the use of your computer(s) could then simply be more than the value of the Bitcoin you receive at that time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to traditional money, there are many other things that we consider valuable, such as gold and diamonds. The Aztecs even used cocoa beans as money!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bitcoins are valuable because people are willing to exchange them for real goods and services, and even cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some people like the fact that Bitcoin is not controlled by the government or banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mensen kunnen hun Bitcoins ook redelijk anoniem uitgeven. Hoewel alle transacties worden geregistreerd, weet niemand in principe welk ‘rekeningnummer’ van jou was, tenzij je dat aan verteld hebt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In een online chat met gebruikers op sociale media in januari 2021 zei ’s werelds rijkste man, Elon Musk, dat hij een groot voorstander was van Bitcoin. Hij ging zelfs zo ver dat hij zijn Twitter-bio veranderde in “#bitcoin”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hij heeft de afgelopen jaren herhaaldelijk zijn steun betuigd aan online valuta’s en veroorzaakte grote veranderingen in hun waarden vanwege zijn eigen persoonlijke rijkdom en invloed. Dat deze rijkste man ter wereld zijn steun uitsprak zorgde er alleen al voor dat de waarde van de Bitcoin aanzienlijk steeg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Every transaction is publicly recorded on the blockchain, so it is very difficult to copy, counterfeit or spend Bitcoins with value that you do not own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the other hand, it is possible to lose your Bitcoin wallet (wallet) or delete Bitcoins by mistake (for example from your computer or app) and thereby lose them forever. There have also been regular thefts or hacks of websites where you can store your Bitcoins remotely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n De waarde van Bitcoins is in de loop der jaren gestegen en gedaald sinds het werd gecre\u00eberd in 2009 en sommige mensen denken door deze schommingelin dat het niet veilig is om van je ‘echte’ geld Bitcoins te maken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deze bezorgdheid werd in oktober 2020 dus geuit door het hoofd van The Bank of England, Andrew Bailey. Hij zei dat hij “erg nerveus” werd over mensen die Bitcoin gebruiken voor betalingen, erop wijzend dat beleggers zich moeten realiseren dat de prijs extreem volatiel (met veel schommelingen) is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By this he meant that the value could fall significantly at any time and investors could lose a lot of money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The best advice is, of course, to always immerse yourself in what you would like to invest in, only to do this with money that you can spare and with to invest<\/a> to spread the risk. When in doubt, the rule here is also: don't do it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sources including BBC (link<\/a>), CNBC (link<\/a>), fortune (link<\/a>), InvestoPedia (link<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Als de rijkste persoon ter wereld zijn steun geeft aan een virtuele valuta genaamd Bitcoin, weet je dat het tot de big business behoort. Elon Musk heeft gebruikers op sociale media verteld dat hij denkt dat de virtuele valuta, Bitcoin, een “goede zaak” is. Zijn opmerkingen leidden ertoe dat de waarde van Bitcoin aanzienlijk steeg102. 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How do people get Bitcoins?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How are new Bitcoins created?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Why are Bitcoins valuable?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Why do people want Bitcoins?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
But is it safe?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n