The value of Bitcoin, a virtual currency used for online transactions exceeded Sunday for the first time, the $ 4112.99 bar (about 3763.5 euros), continuing its rise and quadrupling its course since the beginning of the year.
The Bitcoin is a decentralized virtual currency that is not governed by any central bank but by an algorithm.
Trained English word "corner" (coin) and "bit" (binary data measurement unit), the virtual currency Bitcoin means an end of a program designed in 2009 by one or more computer, hiding behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. However, it has a bad reputation because of a lack of transparency and its use in criminal cases.
His course, very volatile, has grown steadily in recent months.
The bitcoin blazes in 2017
In 2013, the value of bitcoin was exceeded for the first time the $ 1,000.
The price of virtual currency was then dropped before returning to level 1. 000 dollars in early 2017.
But it year in early August, passed the $ 3,000 Sunday and exceeded that of 4000.
Unlike physical currencies like the euro or the dollar, the bitcoin is intangible and is not governed by any central bank or government, but by a wide variety of users.
However, in Japan, a law dating from 2016 supervises the companies managing exchange platforms.
This text on "virtual currencies" was voted after the scandal that led to the collapse of the exchange platform MtGox in 2014.
The Bitcoin is, like other crypto-currencies to pay for services, goods or even buy other currencies.
It is now accepted by thousands of websites and shops storefront.