supermoney - bitcoin for beginners

In this episode I interview Crypto Art scholar Blake Finucane. If you know nothing about Crypto Art - even if you’ve never heard those two words being used together in the same phrase - no worries. We’re covering the very basics of this thing. What is it? Where did it come from? Who is doing it? Blake is so wonderful and smart so even if you have no interest in Crypto Art I recommend listening just to experience her particular brand of loveliness.

Mentioned in the show:

Blake Finucane on Twitter 

CryptoGraffiti, Nakamoto 

Primavera de Filippi, The Plantoid 

CryptoPunks 

SuperRare 

Marcel Duchamp, Tzanck Check  

Dada.art 

CryptoKitties 

Andy Warhol, The Factory 

Tate Modern, Dada.art Collaboration

Artory  

Codex 

OpenSea, A Marketplace for Crypto Collectibles 

Ai Weiwei / Kevin Abosch, Priceless 

This episode answers a few questions that you've maybe always had about crypto, but were too shy to ask. We're covering some of the very basics here like....what about these other cryptocurrencies? what is mining? who sets the price? and, how do I get started? 

Solid places to buy Bitcoin, which I mentioned in the episode:

- Gemini

- Vertbase (for buying with Pound & Euro) 

- Cashapp

This episode looks at the scandals of Silk Road and Quadriga, and explores lessons learned from each. This is good prep for handling the Bitcoin skeptics that will probably try and use these cases to convince you that Bitcoin is only used by criminals. It's just better that you're prepared, ya know? 

Additional reading:

- The untold story of Silk Road, part 1 

- The untold story of Silk Road, part 2 

- Ponzi Schemes, Private Yachts, and a missing $250 Million in Crypto: The Strange Tale of Quadriga

In next week's episode I'll be answering Frequently Asked Crypto Questions! Email me @ [email protected] with ANY QUESTION that you may have. No question is too basic! hmuuuu

Who invented Bitcoin? Who is ~~Satoshi Nakamoto~~ and what happened after they published the original Bitcoin white paper? This episode journeys through Bitcoin's crazy origin story and early days. 

No crypto experience necessary! 

What IS bitcoin? Like, really. What IS IT? This episode gets to the very basics of what bitcoin is and how it works. No crypto experience necessary. 

Are you sort of curious about bitcoin, but can't bear the thought of sitting through another jargon-filled lecture about the blockchain and how "disruptive" it all is? I get that. I'm here for you.  supermoney is a not-annoying podcast about Bitcoin, for total beginners.