Andreas Antonopolous is the master of explaining extremely technical concepts in simple, everyday terms. This half-hour introduction to Bitcoin from 2016 is the perfect primer for this module and will absolutely get you so excited about the topic that you will be unable to stop yourself diving headfirst into the other modules of this course. You’re welcome 😄.

Self Test

  • Answer:

    January 3, 2009, but Satoshi was working on it for some time prior to this.

  • Answer:

    It’s the first currency that does not have a trusted centralised entity that manages the ledger.

  • Answer:

    (d) controlled by Satoshi Nakamoto.