bitcoin

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɪtkɔɪn/
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• General-American: /ˈbɪtˌkɔɪn/
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• General-American: [ˈb̥ɪt̚ˌkɔɪ̯n]
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• General-American: [ˈb̥ɪʔˌkɔɪ̯n]
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• CMU ARPABET: B IH1 T K OY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From bit (“binary digit”) + coin, coined by Satoshi Nakamoto, believed to be a pseudonym for one or more people, in the domain name bitcoin.org registered on 18 August 2008; and in the title of the white paper “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”, a link to which was posted on the cryptography mailing list metzdowd.com on October 31, 2008: see the quotation.

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: բիթքոին (bitʻkʻoin) — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Belarusian: бітко́йн (bitkójn) — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Bulgarian: битко́йн (bitkójn) — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Chinese Mandarin: 比特幣 /比特币 (bǐtèbì) — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Dutch: bitcoin — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Finnish: bitcoin — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• French: bitcoin — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Georgian: ბიტკოინი (biṭḳoini) — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• German: Bitcoin — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Greek: μπιτκόιν (bitkóin) — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Greek: μπίτκοϊν (bítkoïn) — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Hindi: बिटकॉइन (biṭkŏin) — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Hungarian: bitcoin — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Italian: bitcoin — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Japanese: ビットコイン (bittokoin) — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Korean: 비트코인 (biteukoin) — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Latin: bitnummus — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Macedonian: биткоин (bitkoin) — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Marathi: बिटकॉइन (biṭkŏin) — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Polish: bitcoin — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Portuguese: bitcoin — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Romanian: bitcoin — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Russian: битко́йн (bitkójn) — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Russian: битко́ин (bitkóin) — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Spanish: bitcoin — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Spanish: bitcóin — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Swedish: bitcoin — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Thai: บิตคอยน์ — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Ukrainian: бітко́йн (bitkójn) — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Yiddish: ביטקוין (bitkoyn) — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Zhuang: bijdwzbi — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency
• Zhuang: ngaenzbijdwz — decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology; unit of the cryptocurrency