Education
Alessandro Ottaviani’s Educational Videos
General
Life presentation - Bitcoin, a Technological and Financial Leap Forward for Humanity
Bitcoiners vs people with basic/intermediate knowledge about Bitcoin
My Advice to People who are Interested in Bitcoin
The number Zero and the Absolute Scarcity of Bitcoin
Bitcoin, a Technological and Financial Leap Forward for Humanity
100 hours Material to “Appreciate” Bitcoin
Bitcoin in not Financial Privileged Countries
What does exactly "Understanding Bitcoin" mean?
Understanding Bitcoin in 2023, a Very Hard Selection in terms of Intellectual Challenge
Debunking Misconceptions
16 Videos to Debunk 19 Misconceptions on Bitcoin
Debunking the statement "Bitcoin is used by criminals"
Debunking the statements "Bitcoin is too expensive" & "I am too late"
Debunking the Statement "Bitcoin Transactions are too slow"
Debunking the statements "It has not intrinsic value" and "It is not backed by anything"
Debunking the statement ”Bitcoin doesn ́t produce anything"
There will always be enough Bitcoin for everyone
Debunking the statem “Bitcoin will never be used as medium of exchange because it is too volatile”
Is the government "banning" Bitcoin a possibility?
Proof-of-Work vs Proof-of-Stake
Why the financial world is still skeptical about Bitcoin
Bitcoin will be never replaced by another coin
Bitcoin in the long term is not that risky
Bitcoin now is not an asset against inflation; In the future but it will be that, and much more
Money & Economics
Introduction and Bitcoin Definition
Bitcoin vs Gold as store of value
Lecture 1a - A Brief History of Money
Lecture 1b - A Brief History of Money
Lecture 2a - Time Preference and Capital Market Accumulation
Lecture 2b - Time Preference and Capital Market Accumulation
Monetary Lecture 3: Keynes vs Austrian economics
Monetary Lecture 4: Bitcoin, the New Form of Money
Bitcoin, The Best Monetary Policy
Does "Good Inflation" really Exist?
A World with Inflationary Money and Deflationary Technology
Austrian School of Economics (ENG)
Austrian School of Economics (ITA)
Technology
Bitcoin - The Perfect Money after 40 years of research and development
The Magic of Programmed Scarcity
1st of April 2022 - The 19m bitcoin has been mined
The Difficulty in understanding new technologies - part 1 (The Automobile)
The Difficulty in understanding new technologies part 2 (Electricity)
The Time in a Decentralized World
Explaining the Blockchain
Part 1: The Double Spending problem
Part 3: Public Key Cryptography
Part 5:- Step 1: Public Keys as account numbers for accounts permission/authentication
Part 6 - Step 2: Digital Signatures to Authenticate Transactions
Part 7 - Step 3: Replicating the Books to substitute a Single Central Bookkeeper
Part 8 - Step 4: Blocks to Order the Transactions
Part 9 - Step 5: Proof- of-Work to Create Blocks
Part 10 - Step 6: Block Rewards and Transactions Fee as Incentive
Part 11 - Step 7: Difficulty Adjustment to Keep the Supply Scheduled
Part 12 - Step 8: The Blockchain to Order the Blocks
Part 13 - Step 9: Longest Chain Rule to reach Consensus
Part 14 - Step 10: Waiting Six Blocks to Avoid Double Spending
Bitcoin Mining & Energy Usage
Bitcoin and Energy Consumption
Bitcoin Mining - Part 1: Data from Q1 2022 Bitcoin Mining Council
Bitcoin Mining - Part 2: Excess of Energy and Stabilizing the Grid
Bitcoin Mining - Part 3: Stranded Energy
Bitcoin Mining - Part 4: Bitcoin Mining Can Prevent Climate Change
Bitcoin Mining - Part 5: Bitcoin Mining is a Pioneer Species
Bitcoin Mining - Part 6: Real Examples of Bitcoin Mining
Recommended Learning Path
Life presentation - Bitcoin, a Technological and Financial Leap Forward for Humanity
My Advice to People who are Interested in Bitcoin
Lecture 1a - A Brief History of Money
Lecture 1b - A Brief History of Money
Lecture 2a - Time Preference and Capital Market Accumulation
Lecture 2b - Time Preference and Capital Market Accumulation
Monetary Lecture 3: Keynes vs Austrian economics
Monetary Lecture 4: Bitcoin, the New Form of Money
Bitcoin and Energy Consumption
100 hours Material to “Appreciate” Bitcoin
Part 1: The Double Spending problem
Part 3: Public Key Cryptography
Part 5:- Step 1: Public Keys as account numbers for accounts permission/authentication
Part 6 - Step 2: Digital Signatures to Authenticate Transactions
Part 7 - Step 3: Replicating the Books to substitute a Single Central Bookkeeper
Part 8 - Step 4: Blocks to Order the Transactions
Part 9 - Step 5: Proof- of-Work to Create Blocks
Part 10 - Step 6: Block Rewards and Transactions Fee as Incentive
Part 11 - Step 7: Difficulty Adjustment to Keep the Supply Scheduled
Part 12 - Step 8: The Blockchain to Order the Blocks
Part 13 - Step 9: Longest Chain Rule to reach Consensus
Part 14 - Step 10: Waiting Six Blocks to Avoid Double Spending
Others recommended resources
Books
- Saifedean Ammous, The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
- Andreas M. Antonopoulos, The Internet of Money
- Erik Yakes, The 7th Property: Bitcoin and the Monetary Revolution
- Vijay Boyapati, The Bullish Case for Bitcoin
- Yan Pritzker, Inventing Bitcoin: The Technology Behind The First Truly Scarce and Decentralized Money Explained
- Jeff Booth, The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is the Key to an Abundant Future
- Saifedean Ammous, The Fiat System: The Debt Slavery Alternative to Human Civilization
- Saifedean Ammous, Principle of Economics
- Lyn Alden, Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
- Steven Horwitz, Austrian Economics: An introduction
- Per Bylund, How to Think about the Economy – A Primer
- Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics
- Jörg Guido Hülsmann, The Ethics of Money Production
- Edward Chancellor, The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest
- Detlev S. Schlichter, Paper Money Collapse: The Folly of Elastic Money and the Coming Monetary Breakdown
- Daniel Drescher, Blockchain Basics: A Non-Technical Introduction in 25 Steps
- Antony Lewis, The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains: An Introduction to Cryptocurrencies and the Technology that Powers Them
- Timi Ajiboye, The Little Bitcoin Book
- Robert P. Murphy, Understanding Money Mechanics
- Nik Bhatia, Layered Money: From Gold and Dollars to Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies
Articles
General
- Fidelity, Bitcoin First Revisited
- Lyn Alden, A Look at the Lightning Network
- Lyn Alden, What is Money, Anyway?
- Vijay Boyapati, The Bullish Case for Bitcoin
- Yan Pritzker, What is Bitcoin
- Aleksander Svetski, Bitcoin, Personality and Development (part 1)
- Aleksander Svetski, Bitcoin, Personality and Development (part 2)
Money
- Robert Breedlove, The Number Zero and Bitcoin
- Dergigi, Bitcoin is Digital Scarcity
Technology
- Mir Quadri, Why Proof of Work is a Superior Consensus Mechanism for Bitcoin
- Dergigi, Bitcoin is an Idea
- Dergigi, Bitcoin is Time
- Dergigi, Bitcoin is Magic Internet Money
Energy
- Brandon Quittem, Bitcoin is a Pioneer Species
- Pete Rizzo, Why Bitcoin Uses Energy
- Martin Leo Rivers, Is Bitcoin Really That Bad For The Environment?
- Daniel Batten, Bitcoin Mining Can Prevent Climate Change
- Nic Carter, Bitcoin Mining Is America's Most Misunderstood Industry
- Pete Rizzo, Republicans And Democrats Will Both Support Bitcoin: Here’s Why
- MacKenzie Sigalos, Exxon is mining bitcoin in North Dakota as part of its plan to slash emissions
- Shawn Amick, Oil Company in the Middle East to Use Excess Gas for Bitcoin Mining: Report
- Talia Kaplan, Crypto mining could fix Texas power problems in ‘nanoseconds’: Blockchain exec
- KPGM Report, Bitcoin’s role in the ESG imperative
- (Academic Study) Bitcoin’s Carbon Footprint Revisited, Proof of Work Mining for Renewable Energy Expansion
- Raj Chowdhury, KPMG's Report Highlighting Bitcoin's Positive ESG Contributions Boosts Crypto Perception
- U.Today, No, Bitcoin (BTC) Is Not Harming Environment
- City A.M., Why I think Bitcoin could be a key to saving the environment
- Forbes, Why Bitcoin Mining Might Actually Be Great For Sustainability
- M.U.O., Six Surprising Ways Bitcoin Mining Benefits the Environment
- Forbes, Three Environmentalists Fighting Climate Change With Bitcoin
- Yahoo! Finance, Report Combats Misinformation in Bitcoin Mining Debate
- Istitute of Risk Manager, Bitcoin and the Energy Transition: From Risk to Opportunity
- Forbes, Bitcoin Network To Reduce More Emissions Than Its Energy Sources Produce
- Forbes, Everything You Need To Know About Bitcoin And The Environment
- Bloomberg analyst, Bitcoin energy pivot achieves what ‘few industries can claim’
- Science Direct, High resolution modeling and analysis of cryptocurrency mining’s impact on power grids: Carbon footprint, reliability, and electricity price
- Jemma Green (Forbes Contributor), Why No One Saw The Success Of Demand Response Coming
- Brady Dale, Crypto mining advocate sees green business in abandoned gas wells
- Landon Manning, New Hampshire Energy Commission Pushes for Bitcoin Partnerships
- Nicholas Vincent, Shining Light on the Sustainable Side of Bitcoin Mining
- Daniel Batten, More Than Half Of Bitcoin Mining Is Fueled By Sustainable Power
- Ana Zirojevic, Bitcoin miners returned enough power to heat 1.5 million homes during Texas blizzard
- David B. Black (Forbes Contributor), How Does Bitcoin Mining Work
- Will Szamosszegi, Bitcoin mining produces energy gold. Let’s use it to help save our planet
- Giulia Carbonaro (Euro News), Bhutan has secretly mined Bitcoin in the Himalayas for years - and it did it sustainably
- Ana Zirojevic, Bitcoin powers sustainable energy infrastructure in rural Africa
- Mickey Koss (Forbes Contributor), 4 Bitcoin Miners Benefiting The Grid And Mitigating Carbon Emissions
- City A.M., Using landfill for Bitcoin mining – it’s a gas, gas, gas!
- Steven Boykey Sidley, The surprising, simple answer to Africa’s rural energy problems – Bitcoin mining
Videos
General
Michael Saylor: Bitcoin, Inflation, and the Future of Money | Lex Fridman Podcast #276
Saifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics | Lex Fridman Podcast #284
Robert Breedlove: Philosophy of Bitcoin from First Principles | Lex Fridman Podcast #176
BUILD WEALTH: How To Understand Crypto & Invest In This CRISIS | Anthony Pompliano
Toxic Bitcoin Maximalism with Cory Klippsten (WiM197)
Technology
Watch as we send bitcoin from Miami to a Ukrainian in Poland
Money
The Saylor Series (Breeedlove – Saylor) - First 9 videos
Hidden Secrets Of Money (10 Episodes)
Lyn Alden: Bitcoin's Next Bull Run and Macro Outlook 2023
Greg Foss: Bitcoin, Bonds and the line we crossed with debt
Live in Oslo: Jeff Booth on Bitcoin to Solve Our Debt Crisis
Greg Foss Round 2: Bitcoin Because It's Just Math
Samson Mow: Bitcoin Nation State Adoption, Volcano Bonds and Apolitical Money
America Would be better Off if Bitcoin Became the World’s Reserve Currency
Energy
Crypto miners help Ercot keep renewable energy operations
Bitcoin Mining Council Q1 2022 Briefing
Bitcoin is good for the environment (BTC Archive with Daniel Batten)
Troy Cross on #Bitcoin mining, energy use, environmental impact and BTC as a protest vote
Podcasts
Peter McCormack, What Bitcoin Did with Peter McCormark
Robert Breedlove, The “What is Money?” Show
Natalie Brunell, Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell
Robin Seyer, Robin Seyer
Stephan Livera, Stephan Livera Podcsast
Saifedean Ammous, The Bitcoin Standard Podcast
Bram Kanstein, Bitcoin for Millennials
Marty Bent, Jesse Myers (Croesus), Michael Tanguma, Onramp Media
Nico Moran, Simply Bitcoin
Guy Swann, Bitcoin Audible
Firefighters Team, Blue Collar Bitcoin
Free Online Courses
Saifedean Ammous, Principles of Austrian Economics I
Saifedean Ammous, Principles of Austrian Economics II