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Bitcoin ($BTC) uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks; managing transactions and the issuing of bitcoins is carried out collectively by the network. Bitcoin is open-source; its design is public, nobody owns or controls Bitcoin and everyone can take part.

Quick facts

Bitcoin is a Layer 1 blockchain
Bitcoin utilizes a “Proof of Work” (POW) consensus mechanism
Bitcoin is purpose built with fundamental scalability, powered by its PoW consensus mechanism; it has a theoretical limit of 7 Transactions Per Second (TPS)
Bitcoin’s average Cost Per Transaction (CPT) is ~$157.75
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Technical Specifications

(as of 4/10/22)

Performance Data

Metric	Value
Active Transactions Per Second (TPS)	Submit data
Max Theoretical TPS	7 TPS
Average Cost Per Transaction (CPT)	$157.75 USD
Block Height	730,973
Environmental Impact	∙ The annual carbon footprint of Bitcoin, 34.76 megatonnes of CO2, is comparable to that of Denmark. A single Bitcoin transaction consumes more energy than 100 000 Visa transactions
Bridges	∙ Wrapped Bridge (WBTC) ∙ Multichain

Github Activity

Metric	Value
Repository Name	bitcoin
Stars	63.8k
Watchers	3.9k
Forks	32.3k
Contributors	868
Merged Pull Requests	16936
Closed vs Total Issues	6266 out of 6865

Financial Ecosystem

(as of 4/10/22)

Metric	Value
BTC Price	$40,413.61
Market Cap	$827,390,894,252
Ecosystem Ranking by Market Cap	#1
Token Trading Volume – 24hr	$36,091,506,076
Total Value Locked (TVL)	$141.16M
Liquidity	$1.3605B
Number of Active Wallets	Submit data
Number of Unique Wallets	200 million
Circulating Supply	19,005,031 BTC
Total Supply	21,000,000 BTC
Node Count	Submit data
Inflation Rate	Submit data