Bitcoin – an innovative payment method with a new type of independent currency

Abstract

Bitcoin is a type of crypto-currency that was launched in January 2009 as an emerging digital phenomenon in the financial technology realm by an unknown computer scientist using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. It is an innovative and independent currency that uses cryptography for its creation and for performing secure transactions. The aim of this article is targeted to introducing into the bitcoin's technology. The survey results and empirical research show that despite the bitcoin benefits over the currency of central authority people do not believe in this crypto-currency because of its speculative character.