Ep 2.0: Bitcoin Basics
from Talk Bitcoin to Me Hosted by talkbitcointome
We feel you. Trying to understand Bitcoin is like trying to understand The Emerald City if you’ve never left Kansas. Come with us, Dorothy. We walk through some easy definitions, break down the title of the Whitepaper, and compare BTC to gold/dollars in terms of properties of money. The Matrix, Tragic Kingdom, the Flaming Lips, and some of our BTC heroes... they all have a place in this podcast. Follow us on twitter @talkbittytome & email us at [email protected]. Tip us on Venmo at @kaileyrhodes1, CashApp $talkbittytome. ------------------------- 1:20 - Overview of Episode: decentralization, what we won't cover 6:10 - Who wrote Bitcoin? 8:36 - WHAT. IS. BITCOIN? Definitions from peeps in the space. 21:00 - Guests and Sponsors 24:21 - The Bitcoin Whitepaper (just the title): "double spending," "distributed ledger," and other scary terms 34:47 - Bitcoin versus the properties of money 40:55 - Looking ahead to next topics 42:36 - The Dumbest Question of the Week: S&P500 46:28 - Musical Guest ----------------- Resources: The podcast episode we'd point you towards: What Is Bitcoin?: What Bitcoin Did Podcast with our hero, Peter McCormack The Bullish Case for Bitcoin by Vijay Boyapati The Number Zero and Bitcoin by Robert Breedlove Introduction to Bitcoin (Video) by Andreas Antonopoulos Sponsors:
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We feel you. Trying to understand Bitcoin is like trying to understand The Emerald City if you’ve never left Kansas. Come with us, Dorothy. We walk through some easy definitions, break down the title of the Whitepaper, and compare BTC to gold/dollars in terms of properties of money. The Matrix, Tragic Kingdom, the Flaming Lips, and some of our BTC heroes... they all have a place in this podcast. Follow us on twitter @talkbittytome & email us at [email protected]. Tip us on Ven...
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