Course 1 | Getting to Know Cryptocurrency: A Beginner's Guide
This is the first course in the Academy, designed for complete newcomers to cryptocurrency.
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Cryptocurrency, Scarcity and Trust in Modern Money
The absence of digital scarcity is the biggest weakness of existing money; achieving it was arguably the biggest challenge for cryptocurrency. Explaining both, is our challenge here, and it begins by talking about the importance of money holding value.
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Why Crypto?
Not convinced about the case for crypto? Let's see if we can change your mind.
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Where Crypto Prices Come From
Price is a measure of the perceived value of crypto in relation to an existing currency (such as the euro) and is established from the interactions of buyers and sellers. But where does price come from?
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How Traceable is Crypto? Understand Your Crypto Footprint
Many mistakenly believe that cryptocurrencies enable completely anonymous transactions, but this isn’t the case. In many ways, transactions processed on a blockchain are much more visible and therefore more open to scrutiny and analysis.
Read this article 9 min readShort answers to common criticisms of Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a bubble
Bitcoin is a fad, it will never catch on
If you shut down the internet Bitcoin stops working
Gold is the best store of value
What happens to my bitcoin when I die?
Cryptocurrency isn't real so how can it have value?
Regular money works fine for me, why do I need crypto?
Bitcoin is a bubble
Bitcoin is often compared to the economic bubbles like the Tulip Mania of 1636, but by their nature bubbles are discrete one-off events. You cannot reinflate a burst balloon, so if the 2017 bull-run was a bubble, how come Bitcoin recovered and has now surpassed that high?
Cryptocurrencies do experience significant price volatility but should be evaluated over broad time periods. 2014 and 2018 were the only years where Bitcoin's price was lower at the end than it started.
If you zoom out and look at long term average indicators Bitcoin's appreciation is consistent. The monthly price has never closed below its 200 day Weekly Moving Average.
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