Rank 1
Market Cap=$113,428,608,164 USD 17,133,325 BTC
Circulating Supply=17,133,325 BTC
Max Supply=21,000,000 BTC
Prices and value history
Date USD : 1 BTC Notes
July 2010 $0.08 In five days, the price grew 900%, rising from $0.008 to $0.08 for 1 bitcoin.
Feb 2011 – April 2011 $1.00 Bitcoin takes parity with US dollar.
8 July 2011 $31.00 top of first "bubble", followed by the first price drop
Dec 2011 $2.00 minimum after few months
Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks; managing transactions and the issuing of bitcoins is carried out collectively by the network. Bitcoin is open-source; its design is public, nobody owns or controls Bitcoin and everyone can take part. Through many of its unique properties, Bitcoin allows exciting uses that could not be covered by any previous payment system
