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Bitcoin Core: [v 0.20.1] Download Bitcoin
GitHub: [ / Bitcoin ] Bitcoin
Bitcoin ORG: [Full Node Info] Bitcoin
Bitcoin ORG: [v 0.20.0] Bitcoin

/// The Tor Project

Tor Project: [Overview] Learn About Tor
Tor Project: [2020] Download Tor

/// The Signal Project

Signal Project: [2020] Learn About Signal
Signal Project: [2020] Download Signal

/// Bitcoin: Non-Profit Research

Brito-Castillo: [Dec 2013] Bitcoin
Coin Center: [Dec 2014] What is Bitcoin Mining
Coin Center: [Jan 2015] Bitcoin
Coin Center: [Jan 2015] Is Bitcoin Regulated
Coin Center: [Jan 2015] Bitcoin: What is Multi-Sig
Coin Center: [March 2016] Control Customer Bitcoins
Coin Center: [Jan 2017] What does Permissionless Mean
Coin Center: [April 2017] What's a Blockchain
Coin Center: [Oct 2017] What is Open Source
Coin Center: [July 2019] What is Cryptocurrency
Coin Center: [Feb 2019] The Case For Electronic Cash

/// Bitcoin: Corporate Research

Ark-Invest: [Jan 2017] Bitcoin Asset Class
Ark-Invest: [March 2020] Bitcoin Mining
Miller: [Sept 2015] The Value Investor's
Miller: [Nov 2017] New Things. Old Thinking.
Adamant: [Nov 2015] How to Position
Xapo: [June 2017] Why Own Bitcoin
Fidelity: [Oct 2018] A Terminology Primer
Fidelity: [Oct 2018] The Evolution of Digital Cash
Fidelity: [Oct 2018] Custody: Digital Assets
Fidelity: [Aug 2020] Bitcoin Investment Thesis
Grayscale: [July 2019] Bitcoin Investor Study
Grayscale: [Oct 2019] An Introduction to Bitcoin
Grayscale: [Dec 2019] Investing in Bitcoin
Grayscale: [April 2020] Bitcoin Tightening
Grayscale: [Aug 2020] Valuing Bitcoin
Barta-Murphy: [Nov 2017] Understanding Bitcoin
Blockchain: [June 2019] Investment Thesis
VanEck: [Jan 2020] The Investment Case for Bitcoin
Kraken: [March 2020] Inheriting USD's
Bitwise: [May 2020] The Case for Bitcoin
CoinShares: [Aug 2020] A Little Bitcoin Goes A Long Way
Coinbase: [Aug 2016] Change The World
Coinbase: [Jan 2017] Controlling Your Own Money
Coinbase: [Oct 2019] Bitcoin, 11 Years & Counting
Coinbase: [Jan 2020] Cryptocurrency in the 2020's
Coinbase: [May 2020] What is the Bitcoin Havling
Galaxy Digital: [March 2019] On Sound Money
Galaxy Digital: [June 2019] MPT Case for Bitcoin
Octonomics: [Feb 2020] Bitcoin is Not a Security
Poolin: [May 2020] Bitcoin: Comparing Hashrate
Paul Tudor Jones: [May 2020] Bitcoin
Winklevoss: [Aug 2020] The Case for $500K
CBInsights: [? 2020] The Blockchain Report

/// The Very Basics

Internet
Internet Protocol
Internet Protocol Suite
Network Protocols
World Wide Web
Web Server
Web Browser
Software

/// Bitcoin: Study Up!!!

Coincidence of Wants
Lindy Effect
Moore's Law
Metcalfe's Law
Laissez-faire / Leave it to us
Economic System
Game Theory
Trusted Third Party
Single Point of Failure
Byzantine Fault
Double-Spending
Zero Sum Game
Positive Feedback Loop
Free Market Capitalism
Anarcho-Capitalism
Libertarianism
Property Rights
Civil Liberties
Freedom of Speech
Cypherpunk

/// Bitcoin: Tech Basics

Computer Science
Open-Source Software
Computer Network
Communication Protocol
Distributed Computing
Peer-to-Peer
Computer Programming
Programming Language
Language C + +
Algorithm
Cryptographic Protocols
Cryptography
Public-Key Cryptography
Elliptic-Curve Cryptography
E C D S A
Digital Signatures
Cryptographic Hash Function
SHA-2 / SHA-256
Proof of Work
Merkle Tree
Consensus
C P U / MINING
G P U / MINING
A S I C / MINING
Random Number Generation
History of Cryptography

/// Intro: Elements / Metals

Platinum / 78 / PT
Gold / 79 / AU
Silver / 47 / AG
Copper / 29 / CU
Nickel / 28 / NI
Precious Metals
Noble Metals
Coinage Metals

/// Intro: Currency / Money

Gresham's Law
Seigniorage
Money
Currency
Commodity
Commodity Money
Representative Money
Fiat Money
Counterfeit Money
The Super Dollar
Bank Note
Hard Money, Policy
Risk Aversion
Hard Currency
Gold Standard
Silver Standard
Bimetallism

/// Money: Early Coinage

Gold - The Sovereign: 1489
Silver - Spanish Dollar: 1497
The Great Debasement: 1544
The Thaler[s] Origin: 1518 - 1908
Holy Roman Empire, Reichsthaler: 1566
Maria Theresa, Thaler: 1741

/// Money, War, & Freedom

Great Britain: Colonies Currency Act
Continental Currency: Pre-1776
USA: Declaration of Independence of 1776

/// First U.S. Dollars

Silver - Flowing Hair Dollar: 1794
Gold - [$5] Half Eagle: 1795 - 1929
Gold - [$10] Eagle: 1795 - 1933
Gold - [$2.50] Quarter Eagle: 1796 - 1929
Gold - [$20] Double Eagle: 1849 - 1933

/// History of The U.S. Dollar

Bank of North America 1781
Department of Treasury: 1789
United States Mint: 1792
Coinage Act of 1792
Bank Wars of 1832
Coinage Act of 1834
Bank Charter Act of 1844
Coinage Act of 1853
Coinage Act of 1857
The Panic of 1857
Fiat - "Greenbacks": 1861 - 1862
U.S. Bureau of E & P: 1862 - Current
United States Note: 1862 - 1971
Legal Tender Act of 1862
National Banking Act of 1863
Office of the Comptroller: 1863
Gold Certificate: 1863 - 1933
Contraction Act of 1866
Public Credit Act of 1869
Currency Act of 1870
Silver - Trade Dollars, Coinage: 1873
The Crime of 1873
Specie Resumption Act of 1875
Silver Certificate: 1878 - 1964
The Panic of 1893
Sherman Silver Act of 1893
Straits Dollar: 1898 - 1939
Gold Standard Act of 1900
Banker's Panic of 1907
Aldrich-Vreeland Act: 1908
National Monetary Commission: 1908
Jekyll Island Meeting of 1910
Federal Reserve Act of 1913
Federal Reserve System
Fiat: Federal Reserve Note
Trading w/ Enemy Act of 1917
Pittman Act of 1918
Wall Street Crash of 1929
Bank for International Settlements: 1930
Emergency Banking Act of 1933
Executive Order 6102 of 1933
Gold Reserve Act: 1934
Bretton Woods System: 1944 - 1971
International Monetary Fund: 1945
London Gold Pool of 1961
Coinage Act of 1965
Nixon Shock of 1971
Smithsonian Agreement of 1971
Saudi Arabia JCEC of 1979
Wall Street Crash of 1987
Financial Reform of 1989
dotCOM Bubble of 2000
Great Financial Crisis of 2008
Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Emergency Stabilization Act of 2008
T.A.R.P. Bailouts
Zombie Company
Dodd-Frank Act of 2010
Corporate Debt Bubble
2020 Stock Market Crash

/// Important Details

Quantitative Easing
Fractional Reserve Banking
Central Bank
Monetary Authority
Currency Board
Currency Union
Run on the Bank
Financial Crisis
Monetary Policy
Monetary Creation
Money Supply
Purchasing Power
Currency Substitution
Creative Destruction
Inflation
HyperInflation
Deflation
Floating Exchange Rate
Monetary Economics
Velocity of Money
History of Money
Macroeconomics
Economics

/// European Activity

German Gold Mark: 1873 - 1914
Weimar Republic: 1918 - 1933
Treaty of Versailles: 1919
Snake in the Tunnel: 1972
European Monetary System: 1979
European Central Bank: 1998
EuroSystem: 1998
EuroZone: 1999

/// Bitcoin: Pre-Bitcoin Era

Menger: [Feb 1892] On the Origins of Money
Chaum: [Feb 1981] Untraceable Electronic Mail
Chaum: [Feb 1989] Wiki: DigiCash
Zimmerman: [Dec 1991] Why I Wrote PGP
Finney: [Nov 1992] Why remailers...
Finney: [Dec 1993] Digital Cash & Privacy
Wired: [Jan 1994] E-money (That's What I Want)
Hoppe: [Dec 1994] How is Fiat Money Possible
Lee: [Aug 1996] The World Wide Web
GSR: [Sept 1996] E-GOLD
Lee: [Jan 1997] The Web
Back: [March 1997] Hashcash
Szabo: [Dec 1997] The God Protocols
Szabo: [Dec 1997] Securing Relationships on Public
Lee: [Jan 1998] The Web of Life
WeiDai: [Nov 1998] b-money
GoldFinger: [Nov 2000] E-Bullion
1mdc: [June 2001] 1-MDC
Szabo: [June 2002] Shelling out: The Origins of Money
Indomitus Report: [Jan 2005] Data: Free Market Money
Aragon: [Nov 2007] E-CACHE via TOR
Finney: [Dec 2007] RPOW: Reusable Proofs of Work
Szabo: [Dec 2008] Bit gold

/// Bitcoin: Running Bitcoin

/// Bitcoin: 2018

Dixson: [Feb 2018] Why Decentralization Matters
Vijay: [March 2018] The Bullish Case for Bitcoin
ICE CEO: [April 2018] Bitcoin: Trend We Can't Ignore
Balaji: [May 2018] What Has The Blockchain
FN: [July 2018] BlockRock Explores Bitcoin
Fast Company: [Aug 2018] NYSE Owner Launching Bitcoin

/// Bitcoin: 2019

Hackernoon: [Feb 2019] Offline Bitcoin Transactions
PLAN B: [March 2019] Modeling Bitcoin Value
Forbes: [May 2019] Microsoft + Bitcoin Blockchain
Wired: [May 2019] Microsoft: Identity on Bitcoin
Coin Desk: [May 2019] Microsoft DID on Bitcoin
Microsoft: [May 2019] ION via Bitcoin Blockchain
Carter: [July 2019] It's the Settlement Assurances
BitMex: [Sept 2019] The Bitcoin Foundation
Hoffman: [Sept 2019] Bitcoin Rap Battle
Bloomberg: [Dec 2019] Bitcoin: 9,000,000% Rise
CNN: [Dec 2019] Bitcoin: Asset of the Decade
TNW: [Dec 2019] Bitcoin: Investment of the Decade
BOA: [Dec 2019] Bitcoin: $1 = $90,026

/// Bitcoin: 2020

PLAN B: [Jan 2020] Efficient Market Hypothesis
NASDAQ: [Feb 2020] Bitcoin Blockchain in Space
BitMex: [March 2020] Inflation is Coming
PLAN B: [March 2020] Bitcoin: Stock-To-Flow
BitMex: [April 2020] Choose Your Fiction
MC: [May 2020] Bitcoin: The Fastest Horse
CNBC: [May 2020] Bitcoin: A Store of Value
CNBC: [May 2020] Bitcoin: Inflation Hedge
Fidelity: [May 2020] Institutional Investor Study
Bloomberg: [May 2020] JP Morgan + Bitcoin Exchanges
Forbes: [May 2020] JP Morgan + Bitcoin Exchanges
WSJ: [May 2020] JP Morgan + Bitcoin Exchanges
VISA: [June 2020] Digital Currency Wallets
VISA: [June 2020] Money Is Evolving
OCC OGV: [July 2020] Banks Authorized to Custody Bitcoin
BitMex: [Aug 2020] Dreams of a Peasant
Forbes: [Aug 2020] Fidelity Launches Bitcoin Fund
Microstrategy: [Aug 2020] Bitcoin: Reserve Asset
PR: [Aug 2020] Microstrategy: Adopts Bitcoin, $250M
FM: [Aug 2020] MSTR: Shares Jump with $250M Bitcoin
IB TIMES: [Aug 2020] Microstrategy: $250 Million Bitcoin
Fortune: [Aug 2020] Microstrategy: $250 Million Purchase
Fortune: [Aug 2020] Microstrategy: Bitcoin is Superior
Fortune: [Sept 2020] Reuters: Jack Dorsey on Bitcoin

/// Microsoft: Bitcoin

Microsoft: [April 1980] Reaching Agreement
Microsoft: [July 1982] Byzantine Generals Problem
Microsoft: [Nov 2013] Bitcoin: Elliptic Curve
Microsoft: [Aug 2014] How to Use Bitcoin to Design
Microsoft: [Nov 2014] Use Bitcoin to Incentivize
Microsoft: [May 2015] Bitcoin Mining Pools
Microsoft: [May 2018] Bitcoin: Economic Analysis
Microsoft: [N/A] Cryptography and Privacy Research

/// Other: Interesting Stuff

MW: [2018] PowerBall Lottery 9X - In A Row
CiteSeer: [2007] Combating Double Spending
CiteSeer: [2007] References
PGP: [1991] Pretty Good Privacy
BIO: [1954] Phil Zimmerman
Merkle: [1979] Thesis June 1979 PDF
BIO: [Feb 1952] Ralph Merkle
Cornell: [2007] Cryptography Course PDF
CERN: [Dec 1949] Official Website
Alcor: [1972] Life Extension

/// Bitcoin: RIP Visionaries

Austrian School of Economics
RIP: [1734] The Cantillon Effect
RIP: [Feb 1921] Carl Menger
RIP: [Oct 1973] Ludwig von Mises
RIP: [March 1992] Friedrich Hayek
RIP: [Jan 1995] Murray Rothbard
RIP: [Nov 2006] Milton Friedman
RIP: [Aug 2014] Hal Finney

/// Bitcoin: The European CB

ECB: [Oct 2012] Virtual Currency Schemes - v1
ECB: [Feb 2015] Virtual Currency Schemes - v2

/// Bitcoin: Bank of England

Bank of England: [Sept 2014] Digital Currencies
Bank of England: [Sept 2014] Quarterly Bulletin

/// Bitcoin: The Federal Reserve

FED: [Dec 2013] Bitcoin: A Primer
FED: [Jan 2014] CHART: Bitcoin / USD
FED: [March 2014] Bitcoin and Beyond
FED: [Sept 2014] Bitcoin as Money
FED: [Oct 2014] Bitcoin: Background
FED: [Feb 2016] Banking Bitcoin Businesses
FED: [Jan 2018] Bitcoin: A Short Intro
FED: [March 2018] Bitcoin: Money or...
FED: [April 2018] Bitcoin vs Buck
FED: [April 2018] CB Electronic Money
FED: [July 2018] The Era of Bitcoin
FED: [Aug 2018] Bitcoin: Alternative Money
FED: [Aug 2018] Blockchain, Crypto...
FED: [Jan 2019] Bitcoin: Whither the Price

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Top Quotes on Bitcoin: The Billionaires

# 1 / 11

"Bitcoin is Pure Digital Gold. Bitcoin is the most amazing mathematical miracle.” - Steve Wozniak
Apple, Co-Founder

# 2 / 11

"Bitcoin is a remarkable cryptographic achievement, and the ability to create something that is not duplicable is the digital world has enormous value.” - Eric Schmidt
Google, Co-Founder

# 3 / 11

"Bitcoin is better than currency. Bitcoin is a technological tour de force." - Bill Gates
Microsoft, Co-Founder

# 4 / 11

"Bitcoin is Money 2.0, a huge, huge, huge, deal!” - Chamath Palihapitiya
Golden State Warriors, Owner

# 5 / 11

"There are 3 eras of currency: Commodity based, politically based, and now, math based.” - Chris Dixon
a16z, VC

# 6 / 11

"I am very intrigued by Bitcoin. It has all the signs. Paradigm shift, hackers love it, yet it’s derided as a toy. Just like microcomputers." - Paul Graham
Yahoo Store

# 7 / 11

"People are underestimating Bitcoin and it has great potential. It’s like a reserve form of money, it’s like gold. It’s a store of value and has the potential to change the world." - Peter Thiel
PayPal, Co-Founder

# 8 / 11

"I really like Bitcoin. I own Bitcoin[s]. It’s a store of value. Bitcoin is digital gold.” - David Marcus
PayPal, President

# 9 / 11

"Bitcoin gives us, for the first time, a way for one Internet user to transfer a unique piece of digital property to another Internet user, such that the transfer is guaranteed to be safe and secure, everyone knows that the transfer has taken place, and nobody can challenge the legitimacy of the transfer. The consequences of this breakthrough are hard to overstate." - Marc Andreessen
a16z, VC

# 10 / 11

"We have elected to put our money and faith in a mathematical framework that is free of politics and human error." -Tyler & Cameron Winklevoss
Gemini Co-Founders

# 11 / 11

"Bitcoin is a swarm of cyber hornets serving the goddness of wisdom, feeding on the fire of truth, exponentially growing even smarter, faster, and stronger behind a wall of encrypted energy." -Michael Saylor
CEO, Microstrategy / NASDAQ: MSTR

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