Bitcoin Basics - Part 3 & 4

Which one of the following statements is true about bitcoin.

• Bitcoin is not censorship resistant.

• Bitcoin was created by Wall Street.

• Bitcoin came into existence approximately 25 years ago.

• Bitcoin's value is set by the laws of supply and demand.

Bitcoin's market price on exchanges is often influenced by news because....

• there's not much buying and selling taking place on exchanges.

• because of its current adoption phase and limited distribution.

• everyone watches the news and everyone trades bitcoin.

• most people only buy depending on the latest news.

Bitcoin has a fixed supply that is limited to a total of 12 million units or bitcoins.

• True

• False

As more and more people use bitcoin, the increased demand combined with the fixed supply will force the price to go up.

• True

• False

A bitcoin wallet is necessary because it .....

• is a place where you can buy and sell bitcoin with other traders.

• can mine for more bitcoins.

• enables you to store the blockchain transactions securely.

• stores the private keys necessary to access your bitcoins.

Wallets do not actually "store" or "hold" bitcoins. Rather, wallets store your private keys needed to handle the bitcoins you own which are stored on the blockchain ledger.

• True

• False

Bitcoin uses public-key cryptography, in which two cryptographic keys, one public and one private, are generated.

• True

• False

The private key is like an email address which can be shared.

• True

• False

You should pick a digital wallet depending on how you will use your bitcoins.

• True

• False

There are three basic types of wallets, they include ....

• Software wallets, Online wallets, and Physical wallets.

• Online wallets, Blockchain wallets, and Software wallets.

• Software wallets, Hardware wallets, and Blockchain wallets.

• Blockchain wallets, Physical wallets, and Software wallets.