Discussion 15 - Cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin

Topic: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies

Watch this video about Bitcoin Links to an external site. explained in a technical way your parents and grandparents would understand.

This video Links to an external site. takes two of the best and shortest introduction to bitcoin videos out there and combines them.

This video describes a short history of bitcoin Links to an external site. and provides a great intro to bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrencies.

What is your knowledge and experience with cryptocurrencies? Do you own any? Does it interest you? Do you understand it? How do you think it will affect the future of money, banks, and the financial system? Would you be interested in pursuing a career at a cryptocurrency company? If you owned a business would you want to accept cryptocurrencies?

Make your initial posting by 11:45 PM Pacific time on Wednesday. 100 word minimum

Respond to at least 2 classmates (with video or text) by 11:59PM Pacific Time on Friday. 50 word minimum. Responses may include describing your own life experience or other real-world situation related to the post, adding additional information from assigned content or outside content, disagreeing respectfully by describing your own interpretation, proposing a new idea, or asking a probing question. Try to respond to a classmate who haven't received any responses yet.