Matthew Weathers | Intro to Bitcoin - Is it the most disruptive technology in the world? @MatthewWeathers | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
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: youtu.be/dgfSzb3rG_U ("The Future of Bitcoin")
Resources
Ian Grigg's 2005 paper "Triple Entry Accounting"
iang.org/papers/triple_entry.html
Original Satoshi announcement of Bitcoin archived at:
metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2008-October/014810.html
Original Bitcoin white paper:
bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
Example Bitcoin address ("Alice"):
blockchain.coinmarketcap.com/address/bitcoin/1BDbsWi3Mrcjp1wdop3PWFNCNZtu4R7Hjy
Cryptocurrency prices:
coinmarketcap.com
Interview with Trace Mayer:
youtu.be/UhV_yfj1558?t=1573
Podcast clip of Michael Saylor:
podclips.com/ct/ohOR1C
Interview with Warren Buffet:
youtu.be/d6yqrwOZVjY?t=36
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: youtu.be/dgfSzb3rG_U ("The Future of Bitcoin")
Resources
Ian Grigg's 2005 paper "Triple Entry Accounting"
iang.org/papers/triple_entry.html
Original Satoshi announcement of Bitcoin archived at:
metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2008-October/014810.html
Original Bitcoin white paper:
bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
Example Bitcoin address ("Alice"):
blockchain.coinmarketcap.com/address/bitcoin/1BDbsWi3Mrcjp1wdop3PWFNCNZtu4R7Hjy
Cryptocurrency prices:
coinmarketcap.com
Interview with Trace Mayer:
youtu.be/UhV_yfj1558?t=1573
Podcast clip of Michael Saylor:
podclips.com/ct/ohOR1C
Interview with Warren Buffet:
youtu.be/d6yqrwOZVjY?t=36