All About Bitcoin, the Mysterious Digital Currency<br />The computers that join the network and track Bitcoin transactions are motivated to do so by the new coins<br />that are released to the network every 10 minutes and are given to one of the computers helping to track the transactions and maintain the network.<br />Instead, it is a decentralized network of computers around the world<br />that keep track of all Bitcoin transactions, similar to the decentralized network of servers that makes the internet work.<br />The corporate world has also taken interest in the technology<br />that enables Bitcoin, especially its decentralized financial network and the blockchain, the global ledger where all Bitcoin transactions are recorded.<br />The network was designed this way to create a currency and a financial network outside the control of any government or single company.<br />Technology investors have purchased coins and pushed up the price out of a belief<br />that the tokens and the system will be a sort of global digital currency and financial network for the future.<br />Many banks are making big bets that real-world financial transactions will one day be run on networks similar<br />to Bitcoin, which can operate more quickly, efficiently and securely than traditional financial networks.
