As previously mentioned, the Bitcoin blockchain was the first of its kind, devised by the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto as a distributed ledger to provide the platform for the cryptocurrency of the same name. The platform was created in 2008 and released to the public in January 2009. The platform is written in the C++ coding language and the number of coins that are available on the platform has a limit of 21 Million.



The Bitcoin Blockchain currently has a large number of users, with estimates stating that there are 7.1 Million users who are proactively engaging with the blockchain.



The Bitcoin blockchain is open source and developers can access it through Github, there is a legion of dedicated developers, numbering in the thousands who have worked on the platform. Numerous offshoot cryptocurrencies have also been developed through the use of the original Bitcoin blockchain, namely Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin SV, Bitcoin Gold and Bitcoin Diamond.

As well as being the first blockchain, Bitcoin is also one of the most popular. To truly appreciate the scale of Bitcoin’s popularity, it is best to compare it to the popularity of another item that has been widely spoken about. A great example of this would be the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. Across Europe, this event has been making consistent headlines, even permeating the consciousness of some people in the United States. The below graph from Google Trends shows how the popularity of the Bitcoin blockchain compares to this search term in the last twelve months.

As you can see, the Bitcoin blockchain is respectably competitive against this search term and at the moment it is actually more popular than the search term for Brexit.