In the past, we have experienced many payment methods. While in the Middle Ages you could still survive with gold coins and barter, at the end of the twentieth century you were at the mercy of paper money and electronic payment methods. What many of these currencies have in common is that they are issued by the government. With the arrival of the cryptocurrency in 2008, this has come to an end. Thanks to many technological developments, a completely new payment network could be set up.
Satoshi Nakamoto published his ideas about a new digital currency, Bitcoin, in 2008. The name Nakamoto turns out to be a pseudonym and to this day it is unknown who is the founder of this first cryptocurrency. Despite this mysterious architect, Bitcoin is a great success. By using blockchain it is possible for the first time to record data from a currency without the intervention of a central authority.
