The origin of the birth of the bitcon was thanks to satoshi nakamoto in 2009, although the idea of cryptocurrency was much earlier, before the 21st century. On the decade of the 80 already studied the introduction of virtual currencies.
In 1998, Wei Dai presented B-money as a solution to the centralization of the currency when purchasing an electronic product.
In the year 208 it was not a great year for the economy, in this year the money was supposed by the fed to calm the panorama of the economy. Thus, in view of the need to use a different means of payment, credit and debit cards, in themselves, of the same money, in a new form of exchange, as a currency, called Bitcoin.
Initial of the sense of bitcoin, the creators wanted a currency that was beyond the control of the monetary authorities, for not being able to control the value of the virtual currency, Bitcoin does not have a central issuer like dollars or euros, the cryptocurrency is the product of the laws people and companies around the world dedicating large amount of resources to mining.
Little time to see the advantages of bitcoin, one of the most important that was the currency could not be read. Currently, bitcoin is quoted at a price much higher than in 2009 or 2010, and may increase the price of the limited offer even more.
On the year 2016, the first pension fund that invests in bitcoins is approved in the United States; In December 2017, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange began trading futures on bitcoins according to the regulations applied by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.