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What are Bitcoin fees? | Bitcoin Basics (154)
"What are Bitcoin fees and why are they needed? What's the cheapest way to withdraw BTC from an exchange? How to minimise transaction fees?"
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network w/ Shone Anstey | Bitcoin Basics (153)
Shone Anstey from LQwD: Bitcoin Lightning Network; LQwD as a Lightning (Liquidity) Service Provider; Bitcoin & Lightning adoption; FinTech ecosystem; fiat wars; and Breez #Bitcoin #Lightning #FinTech
Bitcoin Ekasi w/ Hermann Vivier | Bitcoin Basics (152)
Hermann Vivier from Bitcoin Ekasi shares his experiences working with marginalised youths in South Africa: surfing, empowering life skills, Bitcoin education, Bitcoin Lightning Network payments & beco
Should you still use Tether (USDT)? | Bitcoin Basics (151)
What is Tether (USDT) and why use it instead of USD? Is this cryptocurrency safe to use? Is the parent company Bitfinex actually solvent? What to use when not in Bitcoin BTC?
Bitcoin in El Salvador | Bitcoin Basics (150)
What's the significance of El Salvador using Bitcoin as legal tender? Can Bitcoin work as a method of payment or will it only be a store of value?
Coinkite Coldcard open source kerfuffle | Bitcoin Basics (149)
Why did Coinkite (Coldcard) change their open-source license? Does it even matter? What is open source-hardware? We compare Ledger, Trezor & Coldcard.
Jimmy Song: Bitcoin Dev & Taproot | Bitcoin Basics (148)
Jimmy Song (Bitcoin core contributor) drops in again to talk Bitcoin Taproot, Bitcoin programming, making money with altcoins but eventually losing your soul & money printing
Learn how to buy & store bitcoins confidentially & securely
Learn how to buy & store bitcoins confidentially & securely webinar on 11 & 12 Dec 2021. Register at https://bitcoinbasics.help/webinar
The IMF doesn’t love Bitcoin | Bitcoin Basics (147)
The IMF does not love Bitcoin but why? A look into geopolitics, national sovereign currencies, debt, loans & how uncensorable unconfiscatable uncontrollable Bitcoin BTC is a threat to old money
Bitcoin & Markets: 02 Nov 2021 | Bitcoin Basics (146)
Bitcoin & Markets for 2 November, 2021. A look back at Oct, forward to the rest of the year, Bitcoin dominance & why BTC is the best crypto investment.