EC's Raw Beginner Bitcoin Stream, Episode 75

Welcome to EC’s Raw Beginner Bitcoin Stream!

Where I discuss the fundamentals of Bitcoin in terms ordinary people can use. Unsure where to start understanding this technology? Start right here. No experience necessary. I will take all relevant questions from the chat and otherwise address what I've identified as the most common questions.

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Topic for Episode 75 What is the Blockchain?

Previous Episode Topic:
Episode 73: What is money and how is Bitcoin money?
Episode 74: What is Bitcoin?

Links discussed in this program:

Bitcoin Fee Estimator
https://btc.network/estimate

Alternate Bitcoin Fee Estimator
https://tools.bitbo.io/fee-calculator/

Bitcoin News
https://bitcoinnews.com/adoption/

Bitcoin Price Chart
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bitcoin

Helpful Links:

If you can spare 25 minutes, I recommend this YouTube video from 3Blue1Brown
“But How Does Bitcoin Actually Work?”
https://youtu.be/bBC-nXj3Ng4?si=H-ZK1iMFs8MD8nLU

As a follow up, this is a very valuable 5 minutes from the same creator.
“How Secure is 256 Bit Security?”
https://youtu.be/S9JGmA5_unY?si=s14V3H7IW8K7GI6g

Strike (the exchange I use)
https://strike.me/learn/how-to-buy-bitcoin/

Gemini (another exchange I use)
also issues a MasterCard with Satoshi rewards
https://www.gemini.com

Air Gap (the cold wallet solution I use)
https://airgap.it/

River Bitcoin (exchange not available in all States)
https://river.com/

Asymmetric Cryptography definition, history
https://www.britannica.com/topic/public-key-cryptography

BIP-39 Seed Phrase word list
https://www.bitcoinsafety.com/blogs/bitcoin/seed-phrase-list

Gold Price Manipulation and Oversupply of Paper Gold
https://vongreyerz.gold/paper-gold-price-manipulation-rigged-to-fail

Bitcoin Account Contents (example is the first account to receive a block reward)
https://blockchain.info/unspent?active=12c6DSiU4Rq3P4ZxziKxzrL5LmMBrzjrJX

My contact info:
Pilled.net: ECWasHere
Truth Social: @ECWasHere
Substack: https://ecwashere.substack.com
E-mail: [email protected]

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Nothing discussed on this program should be construed as financial advice.

Please do your own research.