About Bitcoin (BTC)Bitcoin is the world's first cryptocurrency. Bitcoin (BTC) is the original cryptocurrency built on blockchain technology. Created in 2009 by an anonymous developer with the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin remains the most widely accepted and traded cryptocurrency today. Like the cryptocurrencies that followed it, Bitcoin was conceived to create a decentralized digital asset that has no need for a central authority or single administrator. A global team of developers continues to work on the improvement of Bitcoin.