The Bitcoin Lecture: The Past, Present and Future of Cryptocurrencies (HOM 39)
[Originally recorded and posted on YT in December 2020] History of Money, Lecture 39: final lecture of the HOM course! In this lecture, I provide a basic definition / explanation of cryptocurrency, with Bitcoin (BTC) at the forefront, but also a mention of several altcoins including Ethereum, Ripple (XRP), Litecoin, and even Dogecoin (Doge). We discuss blockchain technology, the private key, the digital wallet, bitcoin mining, Satoshi Nakamoto, the Great Crypto Crash of 2018, and the positives and negatives of Bitcoin.
Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
0:55 - Definition of Crypto
4:57 - Market Capitalization of Crypto
15:46 - Introduction to Bitcoin
30:48 - Historic Value of BTC
47:23 - Is Bitcoin a viable currency
59:29 - Concluding Remarks
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Dr. Jonathan Barth received his PhD in history from George Mason University in 2014. He specializes in the history of money and banking in the early modern period, with corollary interests in early modern politics, empire, culture, and ideas. Barth is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University and Associate Director of the Center for American Institutions at Arizona State University.
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