Introduction to Bitcoin

UNSCRYPTED   Episode 1: Introduction to Bitcoin Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a best-selling author, speaker, educator, and one of the world’s foremost bitcoin and open blockchain experts. Follow on Twitter: @aantonop Website: https://aantonop.com/ In “Introduction to Bitcoin,” Andreas delivers an entry-level talk about how he discovered Bitcoin (twice) in 2011; the second time around, being consumed by a desire to learn more about this new form of network-centric currency and why it was so revolutionary not only in the field of distributed systems, but also in the evolution of money. He explores various topics in economics, psychology, technology, and game theory with current events, personal anecdote, and historical precedent that will be explored further in future episodes. This talk took place on September 16th 2016, at Singularity University's Innovation Partnership Program (IPP) conference in California. It is currently his most popular talk on YouTube. This series is called ‘Unscrypted’ for a reason: all of Andreas’ talks are performed without slides or notes. You can find any necessary corrections and clarifications in the podcast description. Credits: The narration for this episode was done by Stephanie Murphy. Production support from Erica and Jessica. Video editing by Adrian Tano. Sound editing by Dimitris Angelidis of Sampi Media. Logo design by Davi Barker. The music is called “Unbounded” by Orfan. iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introduction-to-bitcoin/id1482850426?i=1000452816762 ORIGINAL VIDEO: "Introduction to Bitcoin" - https://youtu.be/l1si5ZWLgy0 NEXT EPISODE: "The Stories We Tell About Money" - https://aantonop.com/the-stories-we-tell-about-money/ SUPPORT: Want early-access to talks? Monthly live Q&As with Andreas? Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop BOOKS: MASTERING BITCOIN, 2nd Edition: https://amzn.to/2xcdsY9 THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://amzn.to/2ykmXFs Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Internet-of-Money-Audiobook/B071KXKQD7 THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v2: https://amzn.to/2IIG5BJ Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Internet-of-Money-Audiobook/B077Z8VWKM Spanish, 'Internet del Dinero' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2yoaTTq German, 'Das Internet des Geldes' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2LEiyqO German, 'Das Internet des Geldes' (v2) - https://amzn.to/2VCzse5 French, 'L'internet de l'argent' (v1) - https://www.amazon.fr/Linternet-largent-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/2856083390 Russian, 'Интернет денег' (v1) - https://www.olbuss.ru/catalog/ekonomika-i-biznes/korporativnye-finansy-bankovskoe-delo/internet-deneg Vietnamese, 'Internet Của Tiền Tệ' (v1) - https://alphabooks.vn/khi-tien-len-mang MASTERING ETHEREUM: https://amzn.to/2xdxmlK