bitcoin
See also: Bitcoin, BitCoin, and bitcóin
English
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bitcoin logo
Alternative forms
- Bitcoin, BitCoin
Etymology
bit (“binary digit”) + coin
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɪtˌkɔɪn/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪn
Proper noun
bitcoin
- (uncountable) A decentralized cryptocurrency.
- We do not accept bitcoin at this store.
- 2014, Dale Blake, Bitcoin Guide For Beginners: Bitcoin Trading and Mining Made Easy, →ISBN:
- It is a process of solving complex math problems using those computers which run bitcoin software.
- 2015, Scott Green, Bitcoin : The Ultimate A - Z of Profitable Bitcoin Trading & Mining Guide, →ISBN:
- Other ecommerce sites that accept bitcoin are: Bitcoinshop.us which offers products like watches and air conditioners and ships to people within the United States; Air Baltic, which is a Latvian airline also started accepting cryptocurrency mode of payment for basic class fares not including Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Russia, India, Japan, China, Iceland, Indonesia, Lebanon and Jordan.
- 2016, Prypto, Bitcoin For Dummies, →ISBN, page 137:
- Individual bitcoin users are not the only driving force in terms of securing the bitcoin network.
- 2017, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain, →ISBN, page 11:
- Find a friend who has bitcoin and buy some from him or her directly. Many bitcoin users start this way. This method is the least complicated. One way to meet people with bitcoin is to attend a local bitcoin meetup listed at Meetup.com.
Noun
bitcoin (plural bitcoins or bitcoin)
- (countable) A unit of the bitcoin cryptocurrency.
- This item costs one bitcoin.
- 2013, John Davidson, How to Make Money Online With Digital Currency Bitcoins, →ISBN:
- Each time you succeed in creating a hash, you are rewarded with 25 bitcoins, the block chain is updated and all the users on the network are notified.
- 2014, Kinsley Wallace, Bitcoins: How to Invest, Buy and Sell: A Guide to Using the Bitcoin, →ISBN:
- They buy bitcoins at a lower price then sell them at a higher value.
- 2014, Joanne Falvey, Tale of the Bitcoin Kid: Learn about earning, →ISBN:
- There are lots of ways to earn bitcoin.
- 2017, Chris Burniske & Jack Tatar, Cryptoassets, →ISBN:
- But consider that a significant amount of bitcoin is also being held by investors. Those investors do not plan to sell their bitcoin for some time because they are speculating that due to its utility as MoIP, demand will continue to rise and so too will its value.
Synonyms
- ₿, BTC, XBT (symbols)
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
Related terms
- coiner (slang, a bitcoin user or supporter)
- memecoin (slang, a humorous cryptocurrency)
- shitcoin (slang, a useless cryptocurrency)
Translations
cryptocurrency
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See also
- cryptocurrency
Further reading
bitcoin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- binotic, biontic, bitonic
Dutch
Etymology
From English bitcoin.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
bitcoin m (plural bitcoins, diminutive bitcointje n)
- bitcoin
Finnish
Etymology
English bitcoin
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbitkoi̯n/, [ˈbit̪ko̞i̯n]
Noun
bitcoin
- bitcoin
Declension
Inflection of bitcoin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | bitcoin | bitcoinit | |
genitive | bitcoinin | bitcoinien | |
partitive | bitcoinia | bitcoineja | |
illative | bitcoiniin | bitcoineihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | bitcoin | bitcoinit | |
accusative | nom. | bitcoin | bitcoinit |
gen. | bitcoinin | ||
genitive | bitcoinin | bitcoinien | |
partitive | bitcoinia | bitcoineja | |
inessive | bitcoinissa | bitcoineissa | |
elative | bitcoinista | bitcoineista | |
illative | bitcoiniin | bitcoineihin | |
adessive | bitcoinilla | bitcoineilla | |
ablative | bitcoinilta | bitcoineilta | |
allative | bitcoinille | bitcoineille | |
essive | bitcoinina | bitcoineina | |
translative | bitcoiniksi | bitcoineiksi | |
instructive | — | bitcoinein | |
abessive | bitcoinitta | bitcoineitta | |
comitative | — | bitcoineineen |
Possessive forms of bitcoin (type risti) | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | bitcoinini | bitcoinimme |
2nd person | bitcoinisi | bitcoininne |
3rd person | bitcoininsa |
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English bitcoin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bit.kɔjn/
Audio (file)
Noun
bitcoin m (plural bitcoins)
- bitcoin
Derived terms
- bitcoineur
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English bitcoin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbitkojn]
- Hyphenation: bit‧coin
- Rhymes: -ojn
Noun
bitcoin (plural bitcoinok)
- bitcoin
- Hypernyms: kriptovaluta, kriptopénz
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | bitcoin | bitcoinok |
accusative | bitcoint | bitcoinokat |
dative | bitcoinnak | bitcoinoknak |
instrumental | bitcoinnal | bitcoinokkal |
causal-final | bitcoinért | bitcoinokért |
translative | bitcoinná | bitcoinokká |
terminative | bitcoinig | bitcoinokig |
essive-formal | bitcoinként | bitcoinokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | bitcoinban | bitcoinokban |
superessive | bitcoinon | bitcoinokon |
adessive | bitcoinnál | bitcoinoknál |
illative | bitcoinba | bitcoinokba |
sublative | bitcoinra | bitcoinokra |
allative | bitcoinhoz | bitcoinokhoz |
elative | bitcoinból | bitcoinokból |
delative | bitcoinról | bitcoinokról |
ablative | bitcointól | bitcoinoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular | bitcoiné | bitcoinoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural | bitcoinéi | bitcoinokéi |
Possessive forms of bitcoin | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | bitcoinom | bitcoinjaim |
2nd person sing. | bitcoinod | bitcoinjaid |
3rd person sing. | bitcoinja | bitcoinjai |
1st person plural | bitcoinunk | bitcoinjaink |
2nd person plural | bitcoinotok | bitcoinjaitok |
3rd person plural | bitcoinjuk | bitcoinjaik |
Derived terms
- bitcoinista
- bitcoinos
- bitcoinozik
Compound words
- bitcoinadomány
- bitcoinalapítvány
- bitcoin-automata
- bitcoinár
- bitcoinárfolyam
- bitcoinbánya
- bitcoinbányász
- bitcoinbányászat
- bitcoinbefektetés
- bitcoinbefektető
- bitcoinbuborék
- bitcoincím
- bitcoindrágulás
- bitcoineladás
- bitcoinelfogadás
- bitcoinellenes
- bitcoin-előállítás
- bitcoinfedezet
- bitcoinfelezés
- bitcoinfelhasználó
- bitcoinfizetés
- bitcoingazdaság
- bitcoinhálózat
- bitcoinhívő
- bitcoinjel
- bitcoinkereskedelem
- bitcoinkészlet
- bitcoinkibocsátás
- bitcoinkliens
- bitcoinközösség
- bitcoinláz
- bitcoinlufi
- bitcoinmánia
- bitcoinmennyiség
- bitcoinmilliomos
- bitcoinnyereség
- bitcoinösszeomlás
- bitcoinpárti
- bitcoinpénztárca
- bitcoinpiac
- bitcoinprotokoll
- bitcoinrali
- bitcoinrendszer
- bitcoinszabályozás
- bitcoinszakértő
- bitcoinszkeptikus
- bitcoinszoftver
- bitcoinszolgáltató
- bitcointárca
- bitcointőzsde
- bitcointranzakció
- bitcoinügylet
- bitcoinvagyon
- bitcoinváltás
- bitcoinvásárlás
- bitcoinzuhanás
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English bitcoin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbit.kɔjn/
- Rhymes: -itkɔjn
- Syllabification: bit‧coin
Noun
bitcoin m anim
- bitcoin
Declension
Declension of bitcoin
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | bitcoin | bitcoiny |
genitive | bitcoina | bitcoinów |
dative | bitcoinowi | bitcoinom |
accusative | bitcoina | bitcoiny |
instrumental | bitcoinem | bitcoinami |
locative | bitcoinie | bitcoinach |
vocative | bitcoinie | bitcoiny |
Further reading
- bitcoin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bitcoin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English bitcoin.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.teˈkɔ.ĩ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bi.tɨˈkɔj.n(ɨ)/
Noun
bitcoin m (plural bitcoins)
- bitcoin (a cryptocurrency)
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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
bitcoin c
- bitcoin (a digital currency used for payments over the internet)
Further reading
- bitcoin in Svensk ordbok.
- bitcoin in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
bitcoin on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia sv