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San Diego, California, Nov 17th 2015: The bit coin was invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008 as a digital form of money but no one truly knows who  Satoshi Nakamoto is.

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John Haar, managing director atSwan Bitcoin, explainedwhy bitcoin is the one to consider.

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Not all cryptocurrenciesare payment currencies, in fact.

Haar describes bitcoin most accurately as a fixed supply, decentralized digital monetary asset.

He pointed out that when you look at every other cryptocurrency, they do not all meet that description.

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Additionally, even other forms of currency, such as dollars, do not have a fixed supply.

A lot of the other tokens really dont meet that description either.

So we really do believe that bitcoin stands in a category of its own.

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The next biggest cryptocurrency after bitcoin is Ethereum, with a market cap of $320 billion.

So bitcoin is many multiples bigger than the next cryptocurrency.

He believes that bitcoin will match the market cap of gold by the year 2030.

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Haar recommended investing no more than 5% of your liquid net worth to start with.

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