But to send 8,000 satoshis, both transactions need to be unlocked to spend all the bitcoins in a new transaction since partial spending is not allowed; the user must use all bitcoins they have unlocked. If they intended to send only 8,000 satoshis, they still need to spend 10,000 satoshis in the new transaction, then send 2,000 satoshis back to an address that belongs to them. Bitcoin: More Relevant, More Urgent, More Ready — Part 2 Indeed, bitcoin isn't yet as widely accepted as the dollar, but then again, it hasn't been around nearly as long. As people become more familiar with bitcoin, we believe they will quickly recognize that it is superior money.
Users can hold and spend bitcoins from a cryptocurrency wallet. A wallet is like a personalized location on the distributed ledger that refers to only your currency holdings. When you acquire bitcoins, your wallet provides a unique cryptographic address to the sender. To spend or send bitcoins, you might scan a retailer’s QR code or direct money to its public address. What is Bitcoin to the mainstream audience? Crypto can be thought of as ‘digital representations of value or rights’ that are secured by encryption and typically use some type of ‘distributed ledger technology’ (DLT). DLT allows data to be recorded and stored across a network of participants. This keeps the data secure, and means there is no one single central data storage point or one central authority that grants participants permission to access and participate in the network.