This repository contains Latex slides I used for a two hour introduction lecture on Bitcoin. The slides are aimed at undergraduate students of various majors, i.e. educated laymen.
Have a look at the >> PDF <<.
Please do not tipp the address in the slides, the private key has been shared publicly. You may use this address instead:
#Contents of the Slides
Who am I?
What are we going to do today?
What is Money?
What shortfalls does Money have?
Enter Satoshi Nakamoto
Bitcoin in a nutshell
Privacy in Bitcoin
Spending Bitcoin
Getting Started
Is Bitcoin Money?
Does Bitcoin solve the Problems of other Money forms?
Why is Bitcoin valuable? - Limited resource and useful/convenient.
What are the downsides to Bitcoin?
A Brief History of Bitcoin
Bitcoin Today
- Byzantine Generals' Problem
- More Technical Definition
- Why is Bitcoin valuable
- Detailed Comparison to other forms of Money
- Addresses
- Transactions
- Blocks
- Private Keys
- Blockchain
- Mining
- Who controls Bitcoin?
- Is Bitcoin a Pyramid Scheme?
- How is Scarcity Implemented?
- Why can't Bitcoin be counterfeited?
- Who is Satoshi Nakamoto?
- Where can one spend Bitcoin?
- More details on Buying Bitcoin
- Is Bitcoin anonymous?
- Identity in the Bitcoin Network
- Why is it easy to verify blocks but hard to find them?
- Double-Spending
- What is a Cryptographic Hashfunction?
- How does Bitcoin achieve decentralization?