# bitcoin

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbɪtkɔɪn/ · frequency rank #4,740

## Definitions
1. A decentralized cryptocurrency using blockchain technology.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **bitching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bitching-vs-bitcoin)

## Common misspellings (10)
`bbitcoin`, `bictoin`, `bitccoin`, `bitcion`, `bitcoinn`, `bitconi`, `bitocin`, `bittcoin`, `bticoin`, `ibtcoin`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bitcoin