What is Bitcoin?

From Satoshi Nakamoto’s Whitepaper

Bitcoin is “A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.”

For beginners

You can start with this excellent video from Matthew Kratter

Deep-dive with Gigi

Learn why “Bitcoin is different things to different people…” go to 21 Ways To Look At Bitcoin

Lyn Alden’s annotated chart (June 14,2022)
Bitcoin price was around $22,000 USD
click image to enlarge / today’s price below

What is Bitcoin? (for Beginners)

With Matthew Kratter

What’s The Problem?

With Joe Bryan

How Money & Banking Work

With Lyn Alden

What makes Bitcoin valuable?

With Joe Burnett

more videos →

Lyn Alden

If you don’t follow Lyn Alden you might wan’t to fix this quickly. Lyn has one of the most brilliant and lucid minds in the Bitcoin space. Check out Lyn’s website and follow her on Twitter.
Lyn’s website

Ben Perrin

Ben hosts BTC Sessions probably the best BTC educational channel in the space with a special focus on how to use Bitcoin. This is my #1 place to learn about BTC wallets.
BTC Sessions

Preston Pysh

Preston is one of the founders of The Investor’s Podcast Network where he hosts the Bitcoin Fundamentals Podcast interviewing the brilliant people in the BTC space.
Preston’s Podcast

Gigi

Gigi is another great source of information. Everything he writes is profound and yet easy to understand. You should definitely take a look at his work. Visit Gigi’s website.
Gigi’s website

more people →

As we may think …

I don’t believe we shall ever have a good money again before we take the thing out of the hands of government, we can’t take them violently out of the hands of government, all we can do is by some sly roundabout way introduce something that they can’t stop.

Frederich Hayek, 1984
Predicting Bitcoin 4 decades ago

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    The Lightning Network is a network that runs on top of a blockchain to facilitate fast peer-to-peer transactions with almost zero transaction fees.

  • What’s The Problem?

    In this video, Joe Bryan tells a story that helps you understand how the fiat money is a broken system, why it is the cause of most of the world’s problems we face today and, most importantly, why Bitcoin is the solution. First published in Jan 7, 2025.

  • Bitcoin for beginners from Matthew Kratter’s Bitcoin University

    Great video from Mathew Kratter. This post includes links to his site and YoTube channel where you’ll find free videos with concise, objective and well explained Bitcoin content.

  • Bitcoin Is Protecting Human Rights Around the World

    Published on ReasonTV – Feb 5, 2021 – “It’s an escape hatch from tyranny,” writes the Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein. “It’s nothing less than freedom money.”

Lyn Alden’s essays

What is Money?

How Money & Banking Work

Why Bitcoin is Not a Ponzi Scheme: Point by Point

Bitcoin’s Energy Usage Isn’t a Problem. Here’s Why.

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Warning

Please, be aware:

We interact with Bitcoin in a completely different way we interact with regular fiat money. So if you’re new to Bitcoin you have to be careful and take some time to learn how to buy, store and make transactions.

It is recommended to start with a really small amount.

Start with these 5 top tips for beginners from Ben @BTCSessions YouTube Channel.

Bitcoin is risky.

This site is for information only.
Not financial advice.

Don’t trust, verify.

Do your own research.
Take time to inform yourself.