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Bitcoin: What is it?
So what exactly is Bitcoin?
I just earned a “Sat". What is that?
Where do the bitcoins exist?
Who controls Bitcoin?
If Bitcoin is digital money, can’t someone just copy it — and create free money?
What is money?
Why does money have value?
Which coincidence does money solve?
What are some items that have been historically used as a unit of money?
Why were stones, seashells and gold used as units of money?
What is the primary reason money is important?
Who can legally print US Dollars, anytime they wish?
How does money work?
Who creates fiat money, such as US Dollars or Swiss Francs?
Why should I care about the government controlling fiat money?
What does it mean when the government prints money?
What happens to the value of all fiat money over time?
What are some other issues that exist with fiat money?
Bitcoin: Why is it special
Is the supply of bitcoin limited forever?
Is bitcoin centralized?
Can people counterfeit Bitcoin?
What is the smallest amount of Bitcoin one can own, or use?
Is the Bitcoin network secure?
Has Bitcoin ever been hacked?
The Origins of Money
The origins of money
Primitive forms of money
Anticipating Demand
The Key to Facilitating Trade
The Benefits of Converging on a Single Store of Value
Attributes of a good Store of Value
Some stores of value are better than others
Durability is an important attribute for a good store of value
The good must be easy to transport and store
One specimen should be interchangeable with another of equal quantity
The good must be easy to quickly identify and verify as authentic
The good must be easy to subdivide
A monetary good must be scarce
An established history of being valued by society
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The Evolution of Money
Four Stages of Money: Collectible
Four Stages of Money: Store of Value
Four Stages of Money: Medium of Exchange
Four Stages of Money: Unit of Account
Partial Monetization
Bitcoin is in the stage of monetization
The Evolution of Money II
Money is not a government creation
The primary function of money
Monetary Metals
Understanding the Stock to Flow Ratio
Hard Money and Easy Money
The Evolution of Money III
Convergence on Gold
The Origins of Paper Money Backed by Gold
The Invention of Fractional Reserve Banking
Problems of Fractional Reserve Banking
Modern Central Banking
From Gold to Gold-Backed
The Bretton Woods System
The Global Reserve Currency
The Evolution of Money IV
The Nixon Shock
The Fiat Era
Digital Fiat
Plastic Credit
The Double Spending Problem
Satoshi's Breakthrough
Purpose-built for the Digital Age
Central Bank Digital Currencies
Bitcoin: Why was it created?
The Root Problem
Bitcoin's Creator Satoshi Nakamoto
Fiat Currencies Require Trust
Money Printing and Credit Expansion
The Genesis Block
Bitcoin is the Result of Decades of Research
Bitcoin: How does it work?
Peer-to-Peer Network
What is a blockchain exactly?
Public Key Cryptography
Bitcoin Addresses and the Master Public Key
Mining
Proof of Work
Difficulty Adjustment
The Halving
Lightning Network
Drawbacks of Bitcoin
The Blocksize Wars
The Lightning Network
Instant Payments
Micropayments
Scalability
How does Lighning work?
Routing
Bitcoin Criticisms & Fallacies I
Is bitcoin a bubble?
"It's too volatile!"
Should money be backed by something?
Will bitcoin become obsolete one day?
Is bitcoin's energy consumption excessive?
Wait, are you telling me that bitcoin can be used to tap into stranded energy?
Bitcoin Criticisms & Fallacies II
Bitcoin is too dependent on the Internet
Bitcoin is for Criminals
Bitcoin is a Ponzi Scheme
Bitcoin is too slow
Bitcoin's Supply Limit Could Be Corrupted
Governments Will Ban Bitcoin
Bitcoin Criticisms & Fallacies III
Bitcoin Ownership Is Concentrated on a Few Users
Bitcoin Mining Is Centralized
Bitcoin is too expensive
Bitcoin transaction costs are prohibitively high
The Misconception of Bitcoin Hoarding
Bitcoin is not scarce because there are thousands of cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin and Economics I
How limited resources are allocated and competed for
Monetary Premium
Gresham's Law
Thier's Law
The Cantillon Effect
Schelling Point
Bitcoin and Economics II
Opportunity Cost
Time Preference
The Impossible Trinity
Jevons Paradox
Power Laws
Winner-Take-All Effects
Bitcoin and Economics III
Unit Bias
Veblen Good
Malinvestment
Asymmetric Payoff
Ansoff Matrix
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