Bitcoin is the first and largest cryptocurrency, created in 2009 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. It introduced the blockchain - a public, immutable ledger that records transactions without banks or governments. Bitcoin has a hard cap of 21 million coins, making it a deflationary asset often compared to digital gold. Bitcoin operates on Proof-of-Work, where miners secure the network using computational power. Over the past decade, it has evolved from an experimental digital currency into a