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Ever wonder how Bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies) actually work?

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Published on Jul 7, 2017

Bitcoin explained from the viewpoint of inventing your own cryptocurrency.
Videos like these made possible by patreon: https://patreon.com/3blue1brown

Protocol Labs: https://protocol.ai/
Interested in contributing? https://protocol.ai/join/

Special thanks to the following patrons: http://3b1b.co/btc-thanks

Some people have asked if this channel accepts contributions in cryptocurrency form as an alternative to Patreon. As you might guess, the answer is yes :). Here are the relevant addresses:
ETH: 0x88Fd7a2e9e0E616a5610B8BE5d5090DC6Bd55c25
BTC: 1DV4dhXEVhGELmDnRppADyMcyZgGHnCNJ
BCH: qrr82t07zzq5uqgek422s8wwf953jj25c53lqctlnw
LTC: LNPY2HEWv8igGckwKrYPbh9yD28XH3sm32

Supplement video: https://youtu.be/S9JGmA5_unY

Music by Vincent Rubinetti: https://soundcloud.com/vincerubinetti...

Here are a few other resources I'd recommend:

Original Bitcoin paper: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

Block explorer: https://blockexplorer.com/

Blog post by Michael Nielsen: https://goo.gl/BW1RV3
(This is particularly good for understanding the details of what transactions look like, which is something this video did not cover)

Video by CuriousInventor: https://youtu.be/Lx9zgZCMqXE

Video by Anders Brownworth: https://youtu.be/_160oMzblY8

Ethereum white paper: https://goo.gl/XXZddT

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Music by Vince Rubinetti:
https://vincerubinetti.bandcamp.com/a...

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