A clear explanation of what Bitcoin is, how it works, and why its decentralized design and fixed supply matter.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Shaping the future of banking with bitcoin. As bitcoin continues to reshape society, it brings with it the possibility of a world ...

Investor interest in cryptocurrency picked up again in November 2024 after Donald J. Trump won the U.S. presidential election. Bitcoin, the world's first and still its largest cryptocurrency, crossed ...

The Bitcoin transaction mempool is a temporary storage area for unconfirmed transactions that are waiting for a miner to add them to a new block. Every Bitcoin node runs a mempool and works to check ...