Beginner Resources to Get Started with Bitcoin
What is Bitcoin?
The White Paper: A Peer to Peer Electronic Cash System (annotated version without the technical jargon)
Bitcoin Explained:
- Illustrated guide in simple terms
- How Bitcoin works 5 minute video (non technical)
- Bitcoin 101 (30 minute video)
Going Down the Rabbit Hole (and then even further down…)
Why Bitcoin?
Book: The Bitcoin Standard by Dr. Saifedean Ammous
Article: The Bullish Case for Bitcoin
Podcast: The Quiet Master of Cryptocurrency (Nick Szabo)
YouTube: Andreas Antonopoulos
Courses:
- 24 Lecture Series by MIT professor and SEC Chairman, Gary Gensler
- Bitcoin for Everyone
How to Buy
How to Buy Bitcoin: 2-minute tutorial
- Getting Started: Example #1 via an Exchange
- Open an Account with an exchange (like Coinbase)
- Authenticate / Link Bank
- Use Fiat to buy Bitcoin
- Automatically stores in online coinbase wallet
- Can then send to a hardware wallet for enhanced security
- Example: Ledger Nano
- Getting Started: Example #2 via an “Intermediate”
- Simply download / register with CashApp or Robinhood
- Then buy directly from the app
Bitcoin for Corporations: Microstrategy Playbook
Technical Analysis
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