Guide
What is money? Functions, properties and why it matters for crypto
Beginner 25 min read
What is money? The three functions, the properties of good money, what legal tender really means and why…
Money and crypto economics
What money is, how central banks and inflation work, and the economics of crypto: tokenomics, supply models, stablecoins.
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Guide
History of money: from barter to Bitcoin
Beginner 24 min read
The history of money from Mesopotamian tablets to coins, banknotes, the gold standard, 1971 and Bitcoin, told through…
Guide
What is fiat money? How central banks manage the dollar, the euro and the pound
Beginner 22 min read
What is fiat money? Why the dollar and euro have value without gold, what central banks do with…
Guide
Inflation and purchasing power: what crypto changes and what it does not
Beginner 18 min read
Inflation and purchasing power explained: how CPI is measured, what $100 of 2000 buys now, and why Bitcoin's…
Guide
How do banks create money? Loans, reserves and central bank money
Intermediate 19 min read
How banks create money: a loan creates a new deposit. The balance sheet, what limits lending, reserve rules,…
Guide
Who invented blockchain? Bitcoin’s forerunners from Haber and Stornetta to bit gold
Intermediate 20 min read
Who invented blockchain? Nobody alone: Haber and Stornetta, DigiCash, Hashcash, b-money and bit gold each built a piece…