Why Bitcoin Is Still The Leading Cryptocurrency When It Comes To Cryptocurrency Trading

The original and most widely used cryptocurrency known as Bitcoin was designed by an unknown group of persons with the name Satoshi Nakamoto in the late 2008 and was released as an open-source in 2009. It was the first cryptocurrency and still the most important cryptocurrency to date. It was never their intention to invent a currency, Satoshi Nakamoto said it was a peer-to-peer Electronic Cash which was a reward for a process known as mining.

Bitcoin is legal in the United States and is used for the exchange of goods and service online only. The now-defunct ‘BitcoinMarket’ was the first Bitcoin exchange operation software designed by Laszlo Hanyecz which was used for the first real-world transaction in relation to Bitcoin.

As Bitcoin Grows with time, other Cryptocurrencies (such as Ethereum, Litecoin, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum Classic, Neo etc.) also emerges. But the question is what makes Bitcoin so special. On 16 March 2019. Most of the top 10 cryptocurrencies were seen with a significant growth but the price of Bitcoin was $4,007.64 indicating a +2.24% gain followed by Bitcoin cash with $153.21 with +7.92% gain at the market visualization from Coin360 data.

From the Bitcoin price market, Bitcoin has 2.02% increased by the day, trading around $4,007.64 and ranked number one compared to other cryptocurrencies followed by Bitcoin cash, Ethereum, Bitcoin SV, Litecoin etc. Bitcoin is still trading with a huge marginal range with yesterday’s change around +34.25 USD (+0.87) with a volume of $9,394,210,605 USD on 16th March 2018.

Ethereum still remains the second largest cryptocurrency by the market cap with a 2.69% increase change for the last 24hrs which is trading $4.824.588.620. On 16th March, 2018 the top 5 cryptocurrencies in terms of market Cap gains were Bitcoin (BTC) with $71,052,019,751 gain, followed by Ethereum (ETH) with $14,910,045,963 gain, Ripple (XRP) with $13,233,722,564 gain, Litecoin (LTC) with $374737272 gain and EOS with $3,464,139,773. With Bitcoin still maintaining the leading cryptocurrency trading.

Aside bitcoin been an electronic currency, it’s a blockchain which validates the account. Its blockchain is a public hardware wallet which is used to record most of its transactions. It makes it difficult to hack because it is supported by the blockchain technology/algorithm. Bitcoin is constantly reviewed by bitcoin users which makes it difficult to hack. Unlike other cryptocurrencies like Ethereum, which is a ledger technology that companies use to build a new program, bitcoin is different and aim at a specific case. People have the mindset that Ethereum will overtake bitcoin one day as the dominant coin in the cryptocurrency industry, which might be true someday, I guess.

On like other cryptocurrencies, the value of bitcoin depends on the demand and supply intensity. Bitcoin has more value compared to other cryptocurrencies because it is used as a form of money electronically, that is to say, it uses mathematics and all that is required to hold its value is adoption and trust. In this case, bitcoin can be measured by the number of users, startups, and merchant and since it has the largest users it remains the leading cryptocurrency when it comes to cryptocurrency trading.