Book 1

Bitcoin in Simple Words — Book 1

What Is Bitcoin, Really?

The first book in the series starts with the essential questions and explains, step by step, what Bitcoin is, why it was created, and how it works.

1. 01 Before We Talk About Bitcoin, Let’s Talk About Money
2. 02 Why Was Bitcoin Created?
3. 03 Who Is Satoshi Nakamoto?
4. 04 What Is Bitcoin, Really?
5. 05 What Is the Blockchain?
6. 06 Why Does Bitcoin Have Value?
7. 07 Why Will There Only Ever Be 21 Million Bitcoin?
8. 08 What Is Mining, and Why Is It Needed?
9. 09 Where Are Your Bitcoin?
10. 10 What Are Nodes, and Who Enforces the Rules?
11. 11 How Do You Buy Your First Bitcoin?
12. 12 Where Should You Keep Your Bitcoin, and What Is a Hardware Wallet?
13. 13 How Does a Bitcoin Transaction Work?
14. 14 The Biggest Risks and the Most Common Scams
15. 15 What Happens If You Lose Your Keys — or Die?
16. 16 Bitcoin and Privacy — Is It Really Anonymous?
17. 17 Why Does the Price Rise and Fall So Much?
18. 18 How Much Bitcoin Is Enough for Me?