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#122: Bitcoin

2021/1/7
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English Learning for Curious Minds

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It's the most famous cryptocurrency in the world, and went up in value by 269% in 2020.

In this episode, we take a look at what it actually is, how it works, why some people think it is the future of money and others think it is a giant bubble.

  • How 'traditional' money works
  • Banks and storing money
  • 1971 and leaving the gold standard
  • Inflation
  • Satoshi Nakamoto & the Bitcoin whitepaper
  • Principles of bitcoin
  • How bitcoin payments work
  • How the blockchain works
  • Bitcoin and inflation
  • Why the bitcoin price goes up and down
  • Buying things with bitcoin
  • The first pizzas bought with bitcoin
  • Why people don't like bitcoin
  • The US Federal Reserve & bitcoin

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/bitcoin)


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