A simple guide for beginners to get on the right track before diving into the Bitcoin rabbit hole:
Bitcoin Articles
- Bitcoin is the Great Definancialization – Parker Lewis
- Bitcoin 1 Pager – Preston Pysh
- What is Bitcoin? – Wences Casares
- 7 Misconceptions of Bitcoin – Lyn Alden
- Why I Invested in Bitcoin – Chamath Palihapitiya
- The Bullish Case for Bitcoin – Vijay Boyapati
- Everyone’s a Scammer – Michael Goldstein
- Bitcoin is Common Sense – Parker Lewis
- Stone Ridge 2020 Shareholder Letter – Ross Stevens
- An Institutional Investor’s Take on Cryptoassets – John Pfeffer
- Can Governments Stop Bitcoin? – Alex Gladstein
Why not Ethereum or Shitcoins?
- Everyone is a Scammer – Michael Goldstein
- Why Ethereum Architecture is Flawed – Hugo Nguyen
- The truth about Smart Contracts – Jimmy Song
- The Bearish Case for Ethereum – Tuur Demeester
Energy Consumption
- The Last Word on Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption – Nic Carter
Twitter Threads
Graphs
- Satoshi to USD – https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/spread/1%2FBITSTAMP%3ABTCUSD*100000000/
- ETH to BTC – https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/ETHBTC/?exchange=BINANCE
- XRP to BTC – https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/XRPBTC/?exchange=BINANCE
Buy ₿itcoin
Wallets
- Hardware – Trezor, Ledger, Jade, Coldcard, Cobo Vault
- Mobile – Aqua, Blue Wallet, Samourai, Blockstream Green, Zengo
- Desktop – Electrum, Blue Wallet, Blockstream Green
Sites
- Bitcoin Dashboard – https://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/dashboard/
- Dollar Cost Averaging Bitcoin – https://dcabtc.com/
- Understanding Bitcoin & the Macro environment – https://casebitcoin.com/
- Bitcoin Q&A – https://www.bitcoinqna.com/
- Bitcoin Only – https://bitcoin-only.com/
- Bitcoin or Shit – https://bitcoinorshit.com/
Podcasts
- Michael Saylor Saving in Bitcoin
- Bitcoin Fundamentals
- Stephan Livera
- Tales from the Crypt
- The Internet of Money
Books
- The Bitcoin Standard – Saifedean Ammous
- Grokking Bitcoin – Kalle Rosenbaum
- Bitcoin & Black America – Isaiah Jackson
Videos
- Introduction to Bitcoin: what is bitcoin and why does it matter? – Andreas Antonopoulos
- Michael Saylor Interviews NYDIG Chair Ross Stevens on Bitcoin – MicroStrategy Conference
