Intro to Bitcoin - Is it the most disruptive technology in the world?
Matthew Weathers Matthew Weathers
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 Published On Premiered Jul 19, 2021

I explain why crypto represents a brand new way of using money in the history of humanity. How does Bitcoin work? What makes it different?

Sections of the video:
0:00 Intro
0:36 History of Writing & Single-Entry
1:40 Double-Entry
2:50 Triple-Entry
5:33 Basic Idea: Public Ledger
6:28 Public Key Cryptography
8:19 Bitcoin Mining

Link to Part 2:    • Intro to Bitcoin - Part 2 - The Futur...   ("The Future of Bitcoin")

Resources
Ian Grigg's 2005 paper "Triple Entry Accounting"
https://iang.org/papers/triple_entry....

Original Satoshi announcement of Bitcoin archived at:
https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cr...

Original Bitcoin white paper:
https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

Example Bitcoin address ("Alice"):
https://blockchain.coinmarketcap.com/...

Cryptocurrency prices:
https://coinmarketcap.com/

Interview with Trace Mayer:
   • BITCOIN: Once in a SPECIES Opportunit...  

Podcast clip of Michael Saylor:
https://podclips.com/ct/ohOR1C

Interview with Warren Buffet:
   • Warren Buffett: 'I don't own any cryp...  

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