Basics_01: Intro to Bitcoin

Bitcoin Basics Series Episode 1. This chat is an introduction to a multipart series (out roughly once a month) where the fundamentals of Bitcoin are explored in laid back, conversational, round table type style. Josh & Dan will be joined throughout this series by Seb Bunney and DazBea of Looking Glass Education. FULL BITCOIN BASICS SERIES HERE WE COVER: Daz, Seb, Josh, Dan backstories The significance of the Bitcoin protocol How & why Bitcoin realigns broken incentives in the world What is money and why Bitcoin may be the best form our species has ever had WANT MORE? HERE ARE FURTHER RESOURCES REGARDING THIS TOPIC: Daz’s pick —  The Bullish Case for Bitcoin (Vijay Boyapati) Seb’s pick —  The Price of Tomorrow (Jeff Booth) Josh’s pick — Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Yuval Noah Harari) Dan’s pick —  “BTC001: Bitcoin Common Misconceptions” Podcast (Preston Pysh & Robert Breedlove)  ITEMS MENTIONED: Looking Glass Education  Blue Collar Bitcoin Resources Page (includes ColdCard guides) Seb Bunney website/newsletter — The Qi of Self-Sovereignty ”The Bullish Case for Bitcoin” by Vijay Boyapati  Preston Pysh Andreas Antanopolous  ”Bitcoin Is The Mycelium of Money” by Branden Quittem  Gigi Writing  Jason Lowery  “The Price of Tomorrow” by Jeff Booth  “Sapiens” by Yuval Harari  SHOW SPONSORS: **START9** — Sovereign computing. Take back control of your data. Run a Bitcoin & Lightning node. →Embassy One – A small uncompromising personal server, capable of running BTC Core →Embassy Pro –The most powerful, secure, and reliable private server in the world **SWAN** — The place we choose to buy Bitcoin. Dollar cost average daily, weekly or monthly with a company that’s Bitcoin only and encourages you to hold your own private keys. →https://www.swanbitcoin.com/ →For a limited time, Swan is offering Swan Premium to Fire/Police/Military at swan.com/fire **COINKITE** — Industry leaders in Bitcoin security hardware and fun devices, makers of the COLDCARD and other prominent items including OPENDIME, SATSCARD, TAPSIGNER, the SEEDPLATE, COLDPOWER, BLOCKCLOCK MINI & MICRO →PROMO CODE “BCB” FOR DISCOUNT ON COLDCARD →All available at coinkite.com **CROWDHEALTH BTC** — Harness the Power of Bitcoin + Health Care. Join other Bitcoiners on a crowdfunding platform while accumulating Bitcoin in the process. →Bitcoin specific crowd joincrowdhealth.com/bitcoin **CAPITAL LOGISTICS** — Logistics firm specializing in temperature controlled freight. They STACK BITCOIN on their balance sheet! Support Bitcoin Companies!  →capitallogisticsllc.com SUPPORT THE BCB PODCAST: —PODCAST 2.0 STREAMING: You can stream us fractions of a cent via Bitcoin sats on the Lightning Network!  We are live on Podcast 2.0 apps & wallets, including apps like Breez & Fountain) —TIPS: strike.me/bcb (tips open on Twitter) TWITTER: Follow Daz @dazbea1, Follow Seb @Sebbunney, Follow Blue Collar Bitcoin Podcast @Blue_CollarBTC, Follow Looking Glass @LookingGlassEdu EMAIL: Send us questions or comments to [email protected]