Bitcoin is
created as an alternative currency or a cryptocurrency while ethereum is public blockchain platform for the execution of decentralized smart contracts.
Not exact matches
The confidence in Bitcoin may break
as a result of unexpected changes such
as: unfavorable legal regulations, banning electronic legal tenders, introducing the prohibition on trading in virtual
currency in specific areas, imposing high taxes,
creating competitive
alternative currencies, deflation, and other factors which may significantly affect the shaping of the exchange rate of Bitcoin against other
currencies.
China has long been a major hub for bitcoin, which was
created by an anonymous programmer during the depths of the 2008 financial crisis
as an
alternative to official
currencies.
Some
alternative currencies have been
created in response to a lack of long - term confidence in monetary methods of exchange; some
as a community hedge against inflation; others merely
as a medium of exchange between members of a physical or virtual community, among other reasons.»
It is a digital
currency that was designed to act
as an
alternative to traditional money which is
created and managed by a central authority.
With PayPal proving that the web is a viable medium for transferring
currency, similar services were
created, such
as WebMoney (a Russian PayPal
alternative) and e-Gold, an American corporation that let users buy gold online — gold that it would then hold for them.