Bitcoin Badass: Your Keys to Bitcoin's Value (Unabridged‪)‬

Where were you when you first heard the word Bitcoin? If you can’t remember, this book is for you!

Bitcoin Badass demystifies the brand-new type of money in everyday language and helps you understand, acquire, and manage Bitcoin - at your own pace and in your own way.

Follow along on a wild ride as the author recounts his own experience with Bitcoin - experience that you don’t have to gain the hard way! Learn about the beginnings of Bitcoin, what makes it so different than other monies, what blockchain technology is, and what all of that means for you, the novice investor and user.

Go from Bitcoin nobody to Bitcoin badass with this clear, simple, and down-to-earth guide to Bitcoin.

"Why Bitcoin Really Matters":


Down the Rabbit Hole We Go the Thinnest of Air
Something Strange Happened in 1971
America’s Exorbitant Privilege
The Road to Confetti
The Apple Bank Allegory
Gradually, Then Suddenly
Bitcoin as a Lifeboat 


"What If Money Gained Value?":


The Many Benefits of Deflation?
A Bottomless Purse for All?
Why Bitcoin Grows While the Dollar Shrinks
But Isn’t Deflation Bad for the Economy?
Turning the World Upside-Down


"The Keys to Bitcoin's Value":


The Value of Money
Does Bitcoin Have Intrinsic Value?
How Bitcoin Acquired Its Initial Value
Pizza for Bitcoins
Why Aren’t Things Priced in Bitcoins?
What Is Bitcoin Backed By?


"My Bitcoin Investing Strategy":


Predicting Bitcoin Bubbles
Discerning the Pattern
Learning How to Surf the Waves
Two Types of Bitcoin Investors
My Bitcoin Investing Strategy


"How to Own Bitcoins":


How to Get Bitcoins (You Don’t Have to Buy a Whole One)
How to Keep Your Bitcoins Safe
Proof of Keys
Getting Off Zero


"Who Really Created Bitcoin?":


A Brief History of Digital Currency?
1983: Enter David Chaum
1992: EntertheCypherpunks
1993: Enter Cynthia Dwork and Moni Naor
1997: Enter Adam Back
1998: Enter Wei Dai
2005: Enter Nick Szabo
2008: Enter Satoshi Nakamoto
Satoshi’s Last Words
So Who Is Satoshi?


"What is Bitcoin Really?":


The (Very) Basics of Cryptography
What Are Digital Signatures?
Satoshi Solves the BGP
Introducing the Blockchain
Hard Work but Good Pay in the Bitcoin Mines
Can the Bitcoin Protocol Be Changed?
Undeniable Scarcity
Does Mining Harm the Environment?
Potential Threats to Bitcoin
A New Form of Life?