Educational Resources
General Bitcoin Knowledge
We did our best to cover the basics of Bitcoin in our New to Bitcoin series, but no explanation is perfect, and it’s likely that some of the resources below will speak more to you than what we wrote. The following are organized by type, and each type’s list starts with the most simple, and then gets more complex (according to our subjective opinions).
If you would like to recommend any resources that we didn’t include, please let us know, and we’ll consider adding it!
Videos
Bitcoin Money: A Tale of Bitville Discovering Good Money
From bartering to Bitcoin, this video explains it all in a way a 5-year-old can understand!
Tuttle Twins: The Inflation Monster
Join Ethan and Emily Tuttle as they meet Milton Friedman, and learn all about what causes inflation, and what the inflation monster does to society.
Tuttle Twins: Bitcoin and the Beast
The Tuttle Twins are faced with a difficult decision: Should they accept dollars or bitcoin at their yard sale? Join them as they learn about what makes Bitcoin special, from the legendary creator of Bitcoin himself: Satoshi Nakamoto.
Tuttle Twins: Bitcoin Bash and Corrupted Cash
After lamenting about rising prices at the grocery store, the Tuttle Twins wish they could control the money themselves, so it would never get ruined. But then they learn a crucial lesson: When money is controlled, money is corrupted.
WeUseCoins: What is Bitcoin?
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Doodling Bitcoin #1: What is Bitcoin?
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Doodling Bitcoin #2: Who Runs Bitcoin?
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Doodling Bitcoin #3: Let’s Invent Bitcoin!
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Understanding Inflation and Bitcoin
An 8-and-a-half minute explanation of the problem with fiat and how Bitcoin solves it.
Jack Mallers Explains Bitcoin in Simple Terms
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The Greatest Bitcoin Explanation of All Time
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Wences Casares Explains Bitcoin
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Bitcoin University YouTube Channel
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Ioni Appelberg YouTube Channel
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Get Based YouTube Channel
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Bitcoin: The biggest scam, or the best money to ever exist?
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99Bitcoins: What is Bitcoin? Bitcoin Explained Simply
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The Great Reset and the Rise of Bitcoin
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Bitcoin is a Decentralized Organism
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The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin
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This Machine Greens
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Bitcoin is Protecting Human Rights Around the World
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God Bless Bitcoin
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What’s the Problem?
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Games
SHAmory
A twist on the classic memory game, so it demonstrates how Bitcoin mining works and how new blocks are added to the Timechain. Great for young kids!
BIP39
With words from Bitcoin's BIP39 seed phrase list, use "Yes" and "No" questions and your powers of deduction to guess other players' seed phrase words.
Mission: Bitcoin
Fly your rocket to the moon in this board game that simulates Bitcoin halvings, epochs, exchange hacks, and so much more!
Hodl Up
Build transactions, шестfind new blocks, and accumulate bitcoin in this board game that blends a lot of strategy with a little bit of luck.
Blockhunters
Mine, add transactions to the blocks you find, and try to figure out your opponent's private keys in this strategy game that shows you how Bitcoin works while you're having fun!
Channel Up
Strategically build Lightning channels to pay for various items with your sats, while simultaneously seeing for yourself how the Lightning Network works!
Apps
Yzer
Simple Bitcoin: Learn & Earn
Websites
Bitcoin Rocks!
What is Bitcoin?
What's the Problem?
Hope.com
The Bitcoin Academy, by Bitcoin Well
Bitcoin Learning Center, by River Financial
Unofficial-Official Bitcoin Website
Bitcoin Resources
Looking Glass Education
Learn Me a Bitcoin
Bitcoiner Guide
Node Academy
Articles
Why Bitcoin Matters
The Bullish Case for Bitcoin
Bicoin is Venice
End the FUD
Check Your Financial Privilege
Gradually, Then Suddenly
Bitcoin Cannot Be Banned
Bitcoin Can't Be Copied
Bitcoin Obsoletes All Other Money
Bitcoin is Not Backed by Nothing
Masters and Slaves of Money
The Legendary Treasure of Satoshi Nakamoto
Bitcoin is a Decentralized Organism
The Number Zero and Bitcoin
Shelling Out
Only the Strong Survive
Books
Bitcoin Money: A Tale of Bitville Discovering Good Money
The Simplest Bitcoin Book Ever Written
21 Questions: The Beginners Guide to Bitcoin
Bitcoin Clarity
Bitcoin Diploma
21 Lessons: What I've Learned from Falling Down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole
Inventing Bitcoin
Thank God for Bitcoin
The Bible and Bitcoin
The Gospel According to Bitcoin
The Little Bitcoin Book
Magic Internet Money: A Book About Bitcoin
The Bitcoin Handbook
The Bullish Case for Bitcoin
The Price of Tomorrow
Proof of Money: The Big Idea Behind Bitcoin (What You Don't Know About Why You Need It)
History Echoes Bitcoin
Bitcoin is Venice
Fiat Ruins Everything
Check Your Financial Privilege
Shells to Satoshi: The Story of Money and The Rise of Bitcoin
Bitcoin: Sovereignty Through Mathematics
Layered Money
Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
The Fiat Standard: The Debt Slavery Alternative to Human Civilization
Programming Bitcoin: Learn How to Program Bitcoin from Scratch
Bitcoin Wallet Tutorials
You can find a full list of the wallets we recommend on our Exchanges and Wallets page, and below is a list of tutorial videos for many of them. You’ll notice that nearly all of them are from BTC Sessions, but that wasn’t intentional; he just has so many tutorials, and they’re some of the best, so we had to include them.
As before, if there are any tutorials that you would like us to add here, please let us know, and we’ll look into it!
Hardware Wallets
Blockstream Jade
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ColdCard
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Foundation Passport
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Seed Signer
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Software Wallets
Alby
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Blitz Wallet
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BlueWallet
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Breez
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Cashu.me
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CoinOS
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Electrum
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Green Wallet
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Minibits
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Muun
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Nunchuk
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Phoenix
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Primal Wallet
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Proton Wallet
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Simple Bitcoin Wallet
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Sparrow Wallet
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Zeus Wallet
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Bitcoin Node Tutorials
As was briefly explained in An Introduction to Bitcoin and How to Use Bitcoin, nodes are computers that hold a copy of every on-chain bitcoin transaction, and enforce all of Bitcoin’s rules. Running your own node can help with privacy, but it’s most important for verifying that all your bitcoin is real, so you don’t have to trust anyone with the current state of the Timechain, and who owns what coins (UTXOs).
Here are three different kinds of nodes you may want to look into, and learn how to run yourself. When you do, then you can echo these words from Hal Finney, which were the first words about Bitcoin ever posted on social media:
Umbrel
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Start9
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MyNode
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Bitcoin Mining Tutorials
If you want to mine bitcoin, it’s important to understand that it’s not as glamorous as it might sound, and unless you have access to free or very cheap electricity, it may not be worth it to mine bitcoin.
This Mining Calculator can help you determine whether mining bitcoin is right for you. If you think it is, then check out any of the following tutorials to get started.
Heatbit
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Bitaxe
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FutureBit
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Learning to Code Bitcoin
There will likely always be a shortage of developers when it comes to something as monumental as Bitcoin. But it’s not for the faint at heart! If you want to be at the front lines of Bitcoin development, then these are few places where you can start.