Bitcoin

digital cash system and associated currency
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Summary

Bitcoin is a free software[1]. Bitcoin ranks in the top 0.051% of free software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45,972 views/month, #1 of 1,962).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: El Salvador[3], Central African Republic[4]
  • Instance of: communication protocol[5], blockchain[6], currency[7], reserve currency[8], crypto asset[9], cryptocurrency[10], legal tender[11], payment system[12]
  • Named after: bit[13], coin[14]
  • Developer: Satoshi Nakamoto[15]
  • Copyright license: MIT License[16]
  • Subclass of: investment[17]
  • Commons category: Bitcoin[18]
  • Stock exchange: Bitfinex[19], Kraken[20], Binance[21], Huobi[22], BitBay[23], GDAX[24], KuCoin Exchange[25]
  • Opposite of: altcoin[26]
  • Unicode character: ₿[27]
  • Currency sign: bitcoin sign[28]
  • Has part(s): bitcoin blockchain[29], bitcoin protocol[30]
  • Inception: January 3, 2009[31]
  • Publication date: January 3, 2009[32]
  • Significant event: Bitcoin Law in El Salvador[33]
  • Official website: https://bitcoin.org/[34]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bitcoin[35]
  • Notation: bitcoin sign[36]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: El Salvador[37], Central African Republic[38]
  • Time of earliest written record: October 31, 2008[39]
  • Described by source: Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System[40]
  • Topic has template: Template:Bitcoin[41]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/bitcoin[42]
  • Port: 8333[43]
  • Short name: BTC[44]

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Cultural Impact

Things named for Bitcoin include Bitcoin City[45], a planned community[46], in El Salvador[47] and bitcoin mining[48].

Why It Matters

Bitcoin has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Bitcoin is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Entities named for Bitcoin include Bitcoin City[45], a planned community[46], in El Salvador[47] and bitcoin mining[48].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ft.com. ft.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . lefigaro.fr. lefigaro.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . bitcoin protocol. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . cryptotreasure1.blogspot.com. cryptotreasure1.blogspot.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . ecb.europa.eu. Retrieved . ecb.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ecb.europa.eu. Retrieved . ecb.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ecb.europa.eu. Retrieved . ecb.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . bitcoin.org. Retrieved . bitcoin.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Bitcoin Law in El Salvador. asamblea.gob.sv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ecb.europa.eu. Retrieved . ecb.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . bitcoinist.com. bitcoinist.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . lefigaro.fr. lefigaro.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [47] ↑ . 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. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 21d ago · Trivialist · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'b
    Subreddit → Bitcoin, btc, BitcoinMarkets +1
    Sitelink count → 152
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Subreddit: bitcoin"
  2. 7w ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → —
    Source code repository url → —
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Mediawiki page id: 9108, Add qualifier to Rosetta Code page ID `Bitcoin/address_validation`"
  3. 8w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Software version identifier: 0.10.0, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/7b3c5d5356b4|details]])"
  4. 8w ago · Highbaud · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Source code repository url → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Source code repository url: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin, add source code repository URL"
  5. 8w ago · Rescq · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Süddeutsche zeitung topic id → Bitcoin
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Süddeutsche zeitung topic id: Bitcoin, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/213750915|Bitcoin (#213750915)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7168|Süddeutsche Ze"
  6. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → —
    Source code repository url → —
    Harper's tag → bitcoin
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: bitcoin, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289910421|bitcoin (#289910421)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  7. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0349848-bitcoin
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0349848-bitcoin, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
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