/// Join The Bitcoin Network
!!! PROCEED WITH CAUTION: ADVANCED USER MATERIAL !!!
NOTE: ALTHOUGH RECOMMENDED, NEW USERS DO NOT
NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE BITCOIN CORE SOFTWARE AND
BECOME A FULL NETWORK NODE TO OWN BTC OR USE
THE BITCOIN NETWORK.
AFTER LEARNING ABOUT BITCOIN, TECH SAVVY USERS
MAY CHOOSE
TO RUN THE LATEST BITCOIN CORE SOFTWARE
TO HELP SUPPORT THE " BITCOIN NETWORK " AND EMBRACE
THE FULL BENEFITS AND FUNCTIONALITY OF BTC.
Bitcoin Core: [v 27.0] Download Bitcoin
GitHub: [ / Bitcoin ] Bitcoin
Bitcoin ORG: [Full Node Info] Bitcoin
Bitcoin ORG: [v 27.0] 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