What is Bitcoin?

Watch this brief overview about the potential impact of Bitcoin as a payment technology that removes the middle man. (3:24)

Discussion: Have you made digital payments before? How do you think that compares to making a peer-to-peer payment using Bitcoin? Would you use Bitcoin to buy a coffee? To make an international payment?

Optional: View this second video that walks through Bitcoin as a decentralized digital ledger and explains how transactions are created and confirmed. (5:25)

Optional deeper dive: If you are interested in narratives about Bitcoin, the open-source or print-based Cypherpunk Women by Leigh Cuen is a comprehensive anthology. This collection of interviews, essays, poetry, and more provides a range of perspectives on what cryptocurrency means societally.