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COURSE INTRODUCTION

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Unit 1: Bitcoin Economics

1.1: How Money Arises and Governmental Intervention in Money

1.2: Critique of Keynesian and Other Mainstream Economics Arguments

Unit 1 Recap

Unit 1 Assessment

Unit 2: Bitcoin Investment

2.1: Fiat Money Inflation

2.2: Bitcoin Qualities

2.3: Ponzis, Bubbles, and Government Bans

Unit 2 Recap

Unit 2 Assessment

Unit 3: Bitcoin History and Philosophy

3.1: Cypherpunk History

3.2: Predecessor Technologies

3.3: Bitcoin History

Unit 3 Recap

Unit 3 Assessment

Unit 4: Bitcoin Technology

4.1: Bitcoin's Ledger

4.2: Bitcoin Mining

4.3: Bitcoin Wallets and Nodes

4.4: Who Controls Bitcoin?

4.5: Bitcoin and Open-Source Development

4.6: Bitcoin vs. Altcoins

Unit 4 Recap

Unit 4 Assessment

Unit 5: Bitcoin in Practice

5.1: Acquiring Bitcoin

5.2: Using a Bitcoin Wallet

5.3: Bitcoin Privacy and Security Basics

5.4: Lightning Network Basics

5.5: Common Pitfalls and Scams

Unit 5 Recap

Unit 5 Assessment

Recap: What Did We Learn?

Course Feedback Survey

Certificate Final Exam