bitcoin
nounUK /ˈbɪt.kɔɪn/
US /ˈbɪt.kɔɪn/
A kind of digital money that people send to each other over the internet.
He paid for the game with bitcoin instead of a credit card.
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2. A single unit of this digital money.
She bought two bitcoins last year.
3. The computer network and software system that records these digital payments.
The bitcoin network processes transactions without a bank.
4. The idea or technology of decentralized digital money in general.
Many people see bitcoin as the first successful digital cash system.