Part 1: Why We Need Bitcoin with Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Andreas explains why the current monetary system is no longer fit for purpose and why Bitcoin is the answer.
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Part 2: What Is Money with Parker Lewis
Parker answers the question, what is money? We also discuss the history of money and the characteristics of sound money.
Part 3: Bitcoin's Pre-History and the Cypherpunks with Aaron van Wirdum
Aaron explains the cypherpunk movement and the digital money projects which paved the way for Bitcoin.
Part 4: What is Bitcoin with Stephan Livera
Stephan explains how Bitcoin works, its key features such as decentralisation and censorship resistance and the reasons why people might want to own it.
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Part 5: The History of Bitcoin with Marty Bent
Marty explains the key events in Bitcoin’s history from the launch of the protocol to the Silk Road and the Scaling Wars.
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Part 6: How Bitcoin Works with Shinobi
In this episode, we are looking at how the Bitcoin protocol works. We discuss the supply & halvings, transactions & UTXOs, consensus rules, mining and nodes.
Part 7: Bitcoin's Monetary Policy with Dan Held
In this episode, we discuss how the economy works, the 21 million hard cap, the release schedule and block rewards.
Part 8: How is Bitcoin Legal with Peter Van Valkenburgh & Jerry Brito
In this episode, we discuss the regulations and laws regarding Bitcoin.
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Part 9: Altcoins, A History of Failure with Nic Carter
We discuss the history of altcoins, their inferiority to Bitcoin, and why the failure rate is so high.
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Part 10: Buying, Spending and Earning Bitcoin with Matt Odell
In this episode, we discuss the best way to buy Bitcoin, privacy as well as how to spend and earn Bitcoin.
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Part 11: Bitcoin and the Macroeconomy with Travis Kling
We discuss the great big fiat experiment, monetary and fiscal policy, social unrest and where Bitcoin fits into all of this.
Part 12: Bitcoin Privacy & OpSec with Jameson Lopp
We discuss Bitcoin privacy, best practices and operational security.
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Part 13: The Lightning Network with Jack Mallers
We discuss the Lightning Network, the scaling debate, fees, settlement and the future of the protocol.
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Part 14: Bitcoin Things You Need to Know with Peter McCormack
We discuss Satoshi and the whitepaper, the 21 million hard cap, block rewards and size, mining, running a node and privacy.
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Part 15: Bitcoin FUD with Nic Carter
We discuss and dispel the myths, untruths and FUD that Bitcoin faces.
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Part 16: The Future of Bitcoin with Jeremy Welch
We discuss into how governments and central banks will react as Bitcoin poses more of a threat and if we will see hyperbitcoinisation.
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Part 17: Fuck You, Bitcoin! with John Carvalho
We discuss into how governments and central banks will react as Bitcoin poses more of a threat and if we will see hyperbitcoinisation.
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Defending Bitcoin
(My Previous Interview with John)
About The Beginner’s Guide to Bitcoin
The Beginner’s Guide to Bitcoin is a series of shows designed to teach a beginner everything they need to know about Bitcoin.
If you have any questions about this series of interviews feel free to drop me an email.