Bitcoin, often called BTC, is the first successful digital money that works without a bank, government, or middleman. It runs on a public network where anyone can verify transactions, making it transparent, open, and resistant to censorship across borders.
Bitcoin was introduced in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto, an anonymous creator who published a simple white paper describing a peer to peer cash system. The idea was radical: remove trust in institutions and replace it with mathematics