In Norway, a man bought $ 27 bitcoins and then forgot about them. Time has passed and found that they now cost $ 886 thousand.
The fastest increase in the value of bitcoins in the last four years was $ 276,000 in Norwegian Christopher Koki's $ 886,000 action.
Koch paid 150 Norwegian kronas ($ 26,60) in 5000 Bitcoins in 2009. He learned about writing the paper on the methods of encryption and decided to make it just a test. Having spontaneously purchased so quickly forgot his biccinos and remembered only in April 2013 when the coverage of Cryptowvate in Medea received a large scale.
Bitcoin is an anonymous, decentralized digital currency, and, unlike the outdated forms of electronic money, neither the company nor the financial institution can control or manage: all of the function of this cryptrollout function only directly during trade operation, as a result of complicated mathematical processes. In addition, the transfer of cryptrollout is carried out with special secure servers and the user uses 33 symbol keys to protect the anonymity of each transaction, which has been forgotten by the Norwegian tower. After a lot of fun to remember what could be the key to remembering and finally recollecting, the Koi had a pleasant surprise: "The site told me that I had 5,000 Bitcoins at the current rate of 5 million Norwegian crops ($ 886,000)," With a sudden enrichment,
In April 2013, the value of bitcoin reached 226 dollars, and then suddenly fell to $ 50. In the course of its existence (bitcoins appeared in the network as a concept in 2008), the value of bitcoin was fluctuating, but in October after the FBI withdrew 26,000 bitcoins worth $ 3.6 million after catching the online drug dealer Silk Road, the price of cryptoscope From $ 30 to $ 197.
By the merits of this event, the Norwegian CoC received enough money to transfer its bitcoins to one fifth of currencies to buy a flat in one of the luxurious districts of the capital of Norway.
There are two ways to get bitcoins. As a rule, bitcoins are traded in a traditional currency with an illegal bidcoin "crawler", but due to strict control over money laundering, the process is complicated. In other cases, consumers can exchange cash for bits with such type of biscuits as the most famous bitcoin
The exchange is Mt Gox.
However, bitcoin has become more and more attractive in physical reality. It is possible to spend bitcoins without their money transfer. For example, some British pub in London. Also, on October 29, the world's first bitcoin ATM-type ATM began functioning in Canada, Vancouver, which scans the user's fingerprints until they can sell or sell bitcoin with cash.
In addition, a small group of very versatile consumers have also managed to generate additional binoconids ("mining"), which leads to digital voltage as a result of complicated computer calculations.Bitcoin "mining" is a long and expensive activity, and every subsequent bitcoin "mining" becomes even more difficult Rather than the predecessor, more calculations and time S
Because bitcoin is not issued by any financial institution or centralized institution, there is no risk of currency impairment emerging on the market of additional binoconuts. It should be noted that in August, Germany recognized Bitcoin as a "settlement unit".