For those of you who often surf the internet and social media, you may have encountered or read the term bitcoin or blockchain.
Although Bitcoin was designed by someone named Satoshi Nakamoto in an article called: "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System by Satoshi Nakamoto"; until now has not been found the real Satoshi Nakamoto. Many individuals and programmers to hackers have tried to trace the true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto but so far have not received strong enough evidence about who and where the existence of first adopters of Bitcoin was.
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Since the introduction of Bitcoin and blockchain technology for digital currencies in 2009, the general public, netizens, and digital currency observers have created other digital currencies such as Ethereum, Ripple, Dash, and Stellar, and up to the current rise. : NFT (Non-Fungible Token). Blockchain technology has developed very rapidly in the last decade, thus creating a digital currency market, where anyone can buy, sell, exchange, store, and lend their digital currency in a place called the Digital Asset Exchange / Cryptocurrency Exchange.
What about the existence of digital currency in our homeland, Indonesia? Although Bank Indonesia (BI) and the Financial Services Authority (OJK) still prohibit the use of digital currency/crypto as a means of payment in the country, these crypto-assets can already be traded on the Indonesian commodity futures exchange, under the supervision of the Commodity Futures Trading Supervisory Agency (BAPPEBTI). , through BAPPEBTI regulation No. 5 of 2019, on 8 February 2019.
In Indonesia, there are several exchanges to trade Bitcoin online. These places are often referred to as Exchange (exchange/buying and selling). The number of Crypto Exchange companies in Indonesia is quite large and offers a variety of features.
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1. Indodax
2. Upbit
3. Zipmex
4. Digital Exchange
5. Tokocrypto
Happy exchanging digital currency. Proficiat!
Notes:
This article is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Digital currency exchange is a trade with a very high level of risk. Be careful in transactions. Any form of loss is not the responsibility of the author.
(Adapted from)
• Wikipedia
• Bitcoin - A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System by Satoshi Nakamoto
• SR Digital