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Bitcoin

Summary

Bitcoin is a free software[1]. Bitcoin ranks in the top 0.051% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46,314 views/month, #1 of 1,962).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bitcoin is in the country of El Salvador[3].
  • Bitcoin is in the country of Central African Republic[4].
  • Bitcoin's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • Bitcoin's instance of is recorded as communication protocol[6].
  • Bitcoin's instance of is recorded as blockchain[7].
  • Bitcoin's instance of is recorded as currency[8].
  • Bitcoin's instance of is recorded as reserve currency[9].
  • Bitcoin's instance of is recorded as crypto asset[10].
  • Bitcoin's instance of is recorded as cryptocurrency[11].
  • Bitcoin's instance of is recorded as legal tender[12].
  • Bitcoin's instance of is recorded as payment system[13].
  • bit is named after Bitcoin[14].
  • coin is named after Bitcoin[15].
  • Bitcoin's developer is recorded as Satoshi Nakamoto[16].
  • Bitcoin's copyright license is recorded as MIT License[17].
  • Bitcoin is a type of investment[18].
  • Bitcoin's Commons category is recorded as Bitcoin[19].
  • Bitcoin's stock exchange is recorded as Bitfinex[20].
  • Bitcoin's stock exchange is recorded as Kraken[21].
  • Bitcoin's stock exchange is recorded as Binance[22].
  • Bitcoin's stock exchange is recorded as Huobi[23].
  • Bitcoin's stock exchange is recorded as BitBay[24].
  • Bitcoin's stock exchange is recorded as GDAX[25].
  • Bitcoin's stock exchange is recorded as KuCoin Exchange[26].
  • Bitcoin is the opposite of altcoin[27].

Body

Publication

Bitcoin was published on January 3, 2009[28].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Bitcoin include Bitcoin City[29], a planned community[30], in El Salvador[31] and bitcoin mining[32].

Why It Matters

Bitcoin ranks in the top 0.051% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46,314 views/month, #1 of 1,962).[2] Bitcoin has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Bitcoin is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for Bitcoin include Bitcoin City[29], a planned community[30], in El Salvador[31] and bitcoin mining[32].

Related Entities

Alex Preukschat Andreas Antonopoulos Anthony Towns BitBay bitcoin mining blockchain Central African Republic Coinbase Con Kolivas Craig Steven Wright currency El Salvador Ethereum free software Gigi Jameson Lopp Lukáš Hozda Michal Novák Peter Todd Pieter Wuille René Pickhardt Script Thomas Dahlmann Tim Ruffing

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → —
    Source code repository url → —
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P9675]]: 9108, Add qualifier to Rosetta Code page ID `Bitcoin/address_validation`"
  2. 11d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 0.10.0, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/7b3c5d5356b4|details]])"
  3. 12d ago · Highbaud · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Source code repository url → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1324]]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin, add source code repository URL"
  4. 15d ago · Rescq · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Süddeutsche zeitung topic id → Bitcoin
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P10916]]: Bitcoin, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/213750915|Bitcoin (#213750915)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7168|Süddeutsche Zeitung top"
  5. 8w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → —
    Source code repository url → —
    Harper's tag → bitcoin
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: bitcoin, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289910421|bitcoin (#289910421)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  6. 13w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0349848-bitcoin
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0349848-bitcoin, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
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