BTC is a virtual currency, it is not physical and it has no look in real life. BTC is a virtual currency that can be sent and received online through computers or mobile devices. BTC is a decentralized currency created by Satoshi to be a second option to fiat currency, though it works differently from fiat as it can't be printed, but 'mined', mining doesn't mean miners excavate physical BTC, miners validate BTC transactions and put them in new blocks, this process is called mining because in that process the successful miner is rewarded with new BTC's, that is how new coins are made.
Is there a list of figures I can print out and use as my reference? Alternatively, should I point to an entry on a public ledger and say, "There! That shows my bitcoin history!"
One point of using BTC is for privacy and pseudonymity, it does not make any sense to use it while looking for a way to expose your BTC balance and history to thr public.
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