BitcoinLecture

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

INTRO

Who am I?

What are we going to do today?

MONEY

What is Money?

What shortfalls does Money have?

BITCOIN

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?

ROUNDUP

A Brief History of Bitcoin

Bitcoin Today

APPENDIX (mostly placeholders and old slides)

• 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?