bitcoin

== English == === Etymology === From bit (“binary digit”) +‎ coin, coined by Satoshi Nakamoto, believed to be a pseudonym for one or more people, in the domain name bitcoin.org registered on 18 August 2008; and in the title of the white paper “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”, a link to which was posted on the cryptography mailing list metzdowd.com on October 31, 2008: see the quotation. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɪtkɔɪn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɪtˌkɔɪn/, [ˈb̥ɪt̚ˌkɔɪ̯n], [ˈb̥ɪʔˌkɔɪ̯n] Hyphenation: bit‧coin === Proper noun === bitcoin (uncountable, computing, finance) A decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology. [from 2008] Hypernym: cryptocurrency ==== Alternative forms ==== Bitcoin, BitCoin === Noun === bitcoin (plural bitcoins or bitcoin) (countable, computing, finance) A unit of the bitcoin (proper noun proper noun sense 1) cryptocurrency. Synonyms: ₿, BTC, XBT (all symbols) ==== Derived terms ==== bitcoiner microbitcoin millibitcoin shitcoin ==== Related terms ==== Subdivisions of bitcoin decicoin: 0.1 BTC centicoin (also bitcent): 0.01 BTC millibitcoin (mBTC) (also millicoin, millibit): 0.001 BTC microbitcoin (μBTC) (also bit): 0.000001 BTC satoshi: 0.00000001 BTC Other terms altcoin coiner dogecoin memecoin ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === bitcoin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === binotic, biontic, bitonic == Dutch == === Etymology === From English bitcoin. === Pronunciation === === Noun === bitcoin m (plural bitcoins, diminutive bitcointje n) bitcoin == Finnish == === Etymology === English bitcoin === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbitkoi̯n/, [ˈbit̪ko̞i̯n] Rhymes: -itkoin === Noun === bitcoin bitcoin ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “bitcoin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[6] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bitcoin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bit.kɔjn/ === Noun === bitcoin m (plural bitcoins) bitcoin ==== Derived terms ==== == Hungarian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bitcoin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbitkojn] Hyphenation: bit‧coin Rhymes: -ojn === Noun === bitcoin (plural bitcoinok) bitcoin Hypernyms: kriptovaluta, kriptopénz ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bitcoin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbit.kɔjn/ Rhymes: -itkɔjn Syllabification: bit‧coin === Noun === bitcoin m animal bitcoin (decentralized cryptocurrency) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === bitcoin in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === Bitcoin === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bitcoin. === Pronunciation === === Noun === bitcoin m or f (countable and uncountable, plural bitcoins) (uncountable) bitcoin (a cryptocurrency) Hypernym: criptomoeda (countable) bitcoin (a unit of the bitcoin) === Further reading === “bitcoin”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “bitcoin”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “bitcoin”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bitcoin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbit.kojn/ === Noun === bitcoin m (plural bitcoini) bitcoin ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bitcoin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbidkoin/ [ˈbið̞.kõĩn] Rhymes: -idkoin Syllabification: bit‧coin === Noun === bitcoin m (plural bitcoins or bitcoines) bitcoin (a cryptocurrency) ==== Alternative forms ==== bitcóin === Further reading === “bitcoin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Noun === bitcoin c bitcoin (a digital currency used for payments over the internet) === Further reading === bitcoin in Svensk ordbok. bitcoin on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia sv