The Greatest Crypto Explanation Ever? Understand Bitcoin and Crypto Like Never Before (from 2017)

In this talk, Andreas explains why Bitcoin and open public blockchains are going to transform not only the world of finance, but the internet itself. Even though it has been termed “the internet of money,“ people are beginning to realise that this is something more than just money, and certainly more than what they’re being told. This talk has been called the Greatest Crypto Explanation of ALL time. This talk is featured in The Internet of Money volume 3, which can be purchased in multiple languages in paperback, ebook, or audiobook: Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:49 Bitcoin 2:21 What is money? 5:08 Money as a content-type 6:01 Borderless money 7:02 The children born today will not know a world in which banks exist 7:55 The bitcoin protocol 11:32 More than a thousand other cryptocurrencies have been created 12:24 Large corporations and crypto 13:25 Distributed consensus 14:19 The unbanked and centralized systems 16:59 Permissionless This talk took place at the Internet Days (“Internetdagarna“) conference during November 20-21st 2017 at the Waterfront Congress Centre in Stockholm, Sweden: QUESTION & ANSWER: Where can I buy and spend bitcoin? - What is mining? - RELATED: Introduction to Bitcoin - The Stories We Tell About Money - Money as a System-of-Control - Delivering Liberty, At Scale - Bitcoin: Where the Laws of Mathematics Prevail - Decentralization and the Architecture of Trust - COMMENT below and let us know what you think of the video. Post your follow-up questions there too! SUBSCRIBE to this YouTube channel and select the bell 🔔 for notifications: JOIN this YouTube channel about Bitcoin and open blockchains to become a YouTube Community Member and access custom emoji and other perks: BECOME a Community Builder: LEARN from Andreas in one of his popular Workshops which will teach you practical crypto skills. There’s even a FREE Intro to Bitcoin & Open Blockchains to get you started. You can also learn from one of aantonop’s many books about bitcoin, ethereum, and open blockchains. Andreas has written three technical books for developers about blockchain technology, Mastering Bitcoin, Mastering Ethereum, and Mastering the Lightning Network published by O’Reilly Media. He’s also written The Internet of Money Series books, which explain why bitcoin, ethereum, and open blockchains matter. About aantonop: Andreas isn’t promoting a company or an organization; he’s paid by the community (people who support this work on Patreon and YouTube) and provides an unbiased look at open blockchain technologies, what they can do for our societies, and how to get involved (if you decide you want to). Learn more at From 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. ***Learn More From Andreas** Amazon & Kindle: Audible: E-books & Merch: Patreon: Website: Workshops: ***Connect with Andreas on Socials*** Facebook: Instagram: LinkedIn: Twitter: Thanks for watching, sharing, and subscribing! Music: “Unbounded“ by Orfan () Outro Graphics: Phneep () Outro Art: Rock Barcellos () Join the aantonop Channel: #Bitcoin #Cryptocurrency #AndreasMAntonopoulos