Personal Finance Essentials

Crypto

Crypto:

The Next Frontier

Whether you already own digital assets or are simply curious, you are in the right place.

You’re about to discover not just a new type of money but the new way the world will exchange value, verify information and conduct business. You’ll discover where money came from, how blockchain technology works, why bitcoin was invented – and why it has attracted so much attention from investors, economists and governments alike.

Along the way, you’ll see how a decentralized digital ledger makes transactions faster and more transparent, and explore how a concept called tokenization will change the entire investing landscape. You will also learn how to protect yourself in this rapidly evolving space, because with real opportunity comes real risk.

And before you’re done, you’ll get a glimpse of the mysterious inventor of bitcoin and blockchain technology.

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The Past: The History of Money

From Barter to Bitcoin: The Evolution of Money

What Motivated Satoshi to Invent Bitcoin?

How the 2008 Collapse Sparked Bitcoin’s Creation

How Satoshi
Invented Bitcoin

The Breakthrough That Made Bitcoin Possible

How Bitcoin
Works

How Bitcoin’s Decentralized Network Actually Works

Why the Bitcoin Blockchain Requires Bitcoin

The Coin Powers the Chain: Understanding Bitcoin’s Two-Part System

Bitcoin Pizza Day: The First Commercial Use of Bitcoin

Bitcoin’s First Real-World Transaction

How Blockchains Work

From Documents to Hashes: The Simple Science Behind Blockchain

The Problem of Double Presentment

The $400 Million Problem Satoshi Solved With a Timestamp

Two Ways to Authenticate Data on a Blockchain

Mining vs. Staking: Two Ways to Secure a Blockchain

How Do We Know that Data on the Nodes are Authentic?

Who Validates Bitcoin? Anyone Who Wants to Get Paid.

Bitcoin was the First Digital Asset. Why Do We Need Any Other Coins?

Bitcoin Wasn’t Enough: Why We Now Have 20,000+ Cryptocurrencies

The Present: Blockchains Today

Welcome to Internet 3.0: The $3 Trillion Blockchain Revolution

Public and
Private Keys

The Key Difference:
Shareable vs. Sacred

Types of
Crypto Wallets

Hot Wallets Are Convenient. Cold Wallets Are Safe. You Need Both.

The Commercial Uses of Blockchain Technology

The $668 Billion Opportunity Hiding in Plain Sight

The Future: Tokenization and the Future of Money

From Pizza Slices to Building Shares: The Tokenization Revolution

The Risks of Digital Assets

Before you invest in digital assets, understand the risks