Bitcoin for Beginners: Bitcoin Explained in Simple Terms

This is the first part of a talk which took place on February 22nd 2017 at the inaugural Bloktex Conference pre-event, hosted at Technology Park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: https://antonopoulos.com/event/kualalumpur/

Chapters
0:00 Introduction - Mastering Bitcoin and The Internet of Money Book
05:00 History of Bitcoin - Satoshi Nakamoto
07:04 What is Bitcoin?
10:32 Bitcoin Software, Network, and Currency
11:26 Forms of money
15:01 Digital currency
17:05 Peer to peer transaction
20:55 Who can use Bitcoin?
24:31 Bitcoin technology
25:47 Systems of trust
26:55 Institutions fail on a global scale

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Bloktex Videographer: Takeem Videography
Music: "Unbounded" by Orfan (https://www.facebook.com/Orfan/)
Outro Graphics: Phneep (http://www.phneep.com/)
Outro Art: Rock Barcellos (http://www.rockincomics.com.br/)

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