Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist who has become one of the most well-known, trusted, beloved, and respected figures in bitcoin. In this short, "TED style" talk, Andreas delivers an introduction to bitcoin for a general non-technical audience. Delivered in Athens in November of 2013, this is one of the most shared bitcoin videos, it outlines an easy way to understand bitcoin and also explain bitcoin to anyone.
CORRECTION: At 2:25, I talk about a bitcoin transaction worth $150 million at the time, which was made on November 22nd 2013. While it is true that it was sent with zero fees, it appears to have been a consolidation of multiple bitcoin addresses:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/11/23/heres-who-probably-did-that-massive-150000000-bitcoin-transaction/At 3:25, I said that Byzantine Generals Problem was first posited in 1975. However, the first paper using the term was published in 1982, written by Leslie Lamport, Robert Shostak, and Marshall Pease:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170205142845/http://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/byz.pdf
This talk is featured in The Internet of Money, which can be purchased in multiple languages in paperback, ebook, or audiobook:
https://aantonop.io/tiomv1ebooks/Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:09 What is bitcoin?
2:07 Bitcoin is digital money
2:56 Satoshi Nakamoto
3:55 The decentralized network
5:29 Ignore the price and understand the technology
6:39 Why bitcoin is important
8:39 How can you use bitcoin today?
11:14 Let's look back at the internet and see what lessons we could learn about why bitcoin is important
13:30 We are still on the early stages
14:27 Disruptive technology
17:10 Cryptographic currency
18:41 Bitcoin is programmable money
19:30 The internet of money
Andreas is beloved by the community because he provides a unique perspective on these technologies. He looks at bitcoin not only as a technology but also as a tool for social, political, and systemic changes. His unbiased, non-corporate, entertaining yet honest talks provide a totally unique way to view bitcoin and open blockchain technologies.
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https://aantonop.comFrom Andreas: You may already know that my mission is to educate as many people as possible about #Bitcoin and open blockchain technologies. Watching these videos and sharing them with others is a big part of that. Thank you for being part of this mission.
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https://twitter.com/aantonop Translations of THE INTERNET OF MONEY:
Spanish, 'Internet del Dinero' (v1) -
https://amzn.to/2yoaTTqFrench, 'L'internet de l'argent' (v1) -
https://www.amazon.fr/Linternet-largent-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/2856083390Russian, 'Интернет денег' (v1) -
https://www.olbuss.ru/catalog/ekonomika-i-biznes/korporativnye-finansy-bankovskoe-delo/internet-denegVietnamese, 'Internet Của Tiền Tệ' (v1) -
https://alphabooks.vn/khi-tien-len-mangMASTERING ETHEREUM:
https://amzn.to/2xdxmlKThanks for watching!
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