What in the world is bitcoin?

I heard about bitcoin, but after hours of research, I have no idea what it is. All I got is that it is an online currency, and that it can be mined. I am not asking for a whole explanation, but just what it is, what it does, how I get it, and where it came from.


Crytpocurrency

Bitcoin is a completely digital p2p money. Money used to be gold or silver, which worked out pretty well for about 5,000 years.

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