What is Bitcoin? the origin of bitcoin and who is the proponent of bitcoin?

[Izibemanime]

I am new here and I really want to know more about it, my neighbor just introduced me to it

[Charles-Tim]

For beginners, these should be of help:

https://www.coindesk.com/learn/what-is-bitcoin/
https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-for-beginners/amp
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bitcoin.asp#:~:text=Bitcoin%20(BTC)%20is%20a%20cryptocurrency,party%20involvement%20in%20financial%20transactions.

[mk4]

This is one of those cases where you could've at least used Google for asking such basic questions.


* If you like reading articles: https://coindesk.com/learn
* If you like reading books: https://theinternetofmoney.info/
* If you like watching videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPQwGV1aLnTuN6kdNWlElfr2tzigB9Nnj

Security related:
* https://cryptosec.info
* https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information/security.html

If you want to get more technical
* https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook#chapters

[The Cryptovator]

To learn the fundamentals of cryptocurrency or Bitcoin, watch a few YouTube videos in your native language. As a result, participating in the discussion here will be easier, and you will be able to learn more. Because learning from the article would be difficult for you. But you've come to the right place to learn about cryptocurrency. Participate in the forum and follow the rules.

[Robertshon]

The creator of Bitcoin is unknown. The identity of the person or group of people who created Bitcoin is a mystery, as they went by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency that is based on cryptography. It was created in 2009 by an unknown person or group of people using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. Unlike traditional currencies, which are issued by central banks, Bitcoin has no central authority or government backing, and its supply is controlled by an algorithm.

since then, the network has grown and evolved, and Bitcoin has become a popular and valuable digital currency.

You can follow :


https://www.coindesk.com/learn/what-is-bitcoin/
https://academy.binance.com/en/glossary/bitcoin

[witcher_sense]

I am new here and I really want to know more about it, my neighbor just introduced me to it

Bitcoin is a very broad topic that, to fully comprehend, you need to be knowledgeable in dozens of disciplines, such as economics, cryptography, mathematics, programming languages,  game theory, monetary history, philosophy, politics, etc. In other words, it is almost impossible for an individual to be an expert in this field, to understand bitcoin fully in order to be able to answer any possible questions that may come up. It is the reason why it is sometimes better to focus on things that you are really interested in and for which you have the required skills to master. If you are an economist, then you should learn how bitcoin solves the problem of traditional monetary systems; if you are a programmer, then you should consider investing your time and effort into bitcoin's source code improvement; if you have no skills, then it is a good time to start learning because the world with bitcoin is a very interesting place to live.

In my opinion, a good starting point will be reading the following books:

The history of bitcoin:

https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Gold-Bitcoin-Millionaires-Reinvent/dp/006236250X
https://www.amazon.com/Blocksize-War-controls-Bitcoins-protocol/dp/B08YQMC2WM

The economics of bitcoin and monetary history:

https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Standard-Decentralized-Alternative-Central/dp/1119473861

The mechanics of bitcoin:

https://www.amazon.com/Inventing-Bitcoin-Technology-Decentralized-Explained/dp/1794326316
https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Programming-Open-Blockchain/dp/1491954388

[Obari]

To learn the fundamentals of cryptocurrency or Bitcoin, watch a few YouTube videos in your native language. As a result, participating in the discussion here will be easier, and you will be able to learn more. Because learning from the article would be difficult for you. But you've come to the right place to learn about cryptocurrency. Participate in the forum and follow the rules.

You're right senior and just to add but few to it, try using Google because it will also help to simplify the basis of Bitcoin to you.
The forum is a great place for you and who ever Introduced you to this place, did you a great favour and you shouldn't also be in a haste in wanting to know everything all at once but rather try as much as possible to take things one step at a time  and just as witcher_sense said, Bitcoin is a broad topic but you should just focus on knowing the preliminaries and from there, I believe you would pick an area of concentration and focus more on that.

[lovesmayfamilis]

The question contains the answer to the volume of the entire forum. OP, when did you discover the internet? The three questions you asked are not being searched on the web? Google probably doesn't know the answer, does it?
But you found this forum, hooray, this is a step towards bitcoin. Now read all the links you were given above and ask more specific questions.
There is also a good search thread on the forum. Learn to search.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5276341.0

[notocactus]

If you are learning about Bitcoin, you should read its white paper, Bitcoin Wiki, some good books and of course should know about Cypherpunks.

* The Cypherpunks and Bitcoin. The years before bitcointalk.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
* https://learnmeabitcoin.com/

* Books

• [LIST] Big Library of Bitcoin & Blockchain Books
• Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain ^{2nd Edition}
  
  • Translations of Mastering Bitcoin
• Mastering Ethereum ^{Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Gavin Wood}

• Mastering the Lightning Network
• Little Bitcoin Book
• Crypto Economics

* Youtube channels

• Antonopoulos' Youtube channel
  
  • Bitcoin for Beginners: Intro to Bitcoin, Satoshi, Mining and more
  • Bitcoin Q&A

[348Judah]

I am new here and I really want to know more about it, my neighbor just introduced me to it

Being a beginner you have some first and foremost steps to take before others, you need to read the forum's rules and regulations and understand them, be active on the forum, learn to grow and develop yourself from various boards of interest members post on, research through the internet and the forum's inbareas you aren't clear with, ask questions when necessary, and lastly dont plagiarize on this forum.

[Welsh]

To learn the fundamentals of cryptocurrency or Bitcoin, watch a few YouTube videos in your native language. As a result, participating in the discussion here will be easier, and you will be able to learn more. Because learning from the article would be difficult for you. But you've come to the right place to learn about cryptocurrency. Participate in the forum and follow the rules.

The thing is I wouldn't say these are reliable sources. Depending on what Youtube videos you watch, it could be a spool of lies or misinformation even if it's not intentional. So, I'd avoid Youtube videos unless they've been peer reviewed enough. There's simply just too much content out there that's just plain wrong.

Books are generally the best place to start as they've had enough people peer review it. The native language barrier could be a problem in that, but I still think Youtube videos aren't the best place to go about learning Bitcoin.

[Dunamisx]

Books are generally the best place to start as they've had enough people peer review it. The native language barrier could be a problem in that, but I still think Youtube videos aren't the best place to go about learning Bitcoin.

I also approved books as recommendation for a start, there are books you can download online about bitcoin, learn from them and read through the forum discussions boards about bitcoin, but OP has to be the type that likes reading provided that if he finds it an interest, learning about something may comes with it own challenges but it worth giving time and listening ears, language here couldn't be a barrier to that extent if OP understand English or if his local languages has a google translation, OP can also check the locales we have here on the forum maybe his own country or language is included.

[Merit.s]

Friend,you can use google to search for whatever information you want to know about btc,it is that easy as that. You should give yourself more time in this forum reading other peoples thread and contributions, these will help you go along way. Always ask questions here about what you don't know and people will give you the answer to your question.So many forum users have given you links to different articles and videos on learning about bitcoin, try them and you will improve in knowledge.