The split has been called the Bitcoin Cash hard fork.[123] On 6 December 2017 the software marketplace Steam announced that it would no longer accept bitcoin as payment for its products, citing slow transactions speeds, price volatility, and high fees for transactions.[124][125] 2018[edit] On 24 January 2018, the online payment firm Stripe announced that it would phase out its support for bitcoin payments by late April 2018, citing declining demand, rising fees and longer transaction times as the reasons.[126] In 22 January 2018, South Korea brought in a regulation that requires all the bitcoin traders to reveal their identity, thus putting a ban on anonymous trading of bitcoins.[127] Prices and value history[edit] The price of a bitcoin reached US$1,139. Sources: Newsweek Claims Dorian Nakamoto is Bitcoin's Creator - March 6, 2014 Bitcoin value: $662. Price differences between exchanges often come for certain reasons.
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In 2016, that number had fallen to as low as 20 percent with 13 percent belonging to the 18-34 age group. Valuing a currency The most common way to value a currency is in terms of another currency. This diminishing block reward will result in a total release of bitcoin that approaches 21 million.
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