Introduction to Bitcoin: what is bitcoin and why does it matter?

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Chapters
0:00 Introduction and Mention of "The Internet of Money" book
0:15 Audience Poll: How many of you have used a digital currency like Bitcoin at least once?
1:02 Bitcoin is best demonstrated and experienced
1:39 Forget everything you've heard about bitcoin and blockchain
3:48 The reason bitcoin is so fascinating
4:00 Bitcoin isn't money, the blockchain isn't a system of currency
5:38 Innovations in money over time
6:13 Bitcoin is a platform of trust, where currency is an application
7:30 Bitcoin is the first completely decentralized system of money, what does that mean?
8:27 Moving from institution-based money to network-based money
10:05 The upcoming innovation explosion
10:56 Bitcoin can be owned by non-persons
12:06 Bitcoin and blockchain technology unifies systems of money
13:30 Prediction: 10's of thousands, 100's of thousands of coins to come
16:38 Banking and innovation vs bitcoin and innovation
21:12 It's not ready yet, bitcoin is complex but it's getting more accessible
22:35 Do not underestimate bitcoin
25:01 Q&A begins
25:10 What determines the buying power of bitcoin? How does it stabilize, what's required to stabilize the price of bitcoin? Who can manipulate the value of bitcoin?
28:04 What about hacks? Can you reflect on the dark side of bitcoin that might affect our trust in this new network?
32:28 Where does the supply of bitcoin come from? How can you be sure the bitcoin market doesn't get oversupplied?
35:00 What advice do you have for non-financial companies that want to experiment with blockchains?

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