How does Bitcoin work in a way that everyone understands

[Bishop Victor]

Imagine Bitcoin like a digital cash system that's decentralized and secure. Here's how it works:
1. Digital Money: Bitcoin is a digital currency that exists only online. You can't hold it in your hand, but you can use it to buy things or trade it.
2.Decentralized Network: Bitcoin operates on a network of computers worldwide, not controlled by a single entity like a bank or government). This makes it resistant to censorship and manipulation.
3.Transactions: When you send Bitcoin, it's like sending an email. You create a transaction, and it's broadcast to the network.
4. Verification: Special computers miners verify the transaction to ensure it's valid and not a duplicate spend.
5. Block chain: Verified transactions are added to a public ledger (blockchain), which is like a digital accounting book. This ledger is transparent, secure, and permanent.
6. Mining: Miners compete to solve complex math problems, securing the network and verifying transactions. They're rewarded with new Bitcoins.
7. Wallets: You store your Bitcoins in a digital wallet, which is like a secure online account. You access it with a password private key
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Secure: Transactions are encrypted and verified by the network.
Transparent: All transactions are publicly visible on the block chain.
Decentralized: No single entity controls the network.
Limited Supply: over a million Bitcoins will ever exist, making it scarce.

[Donk1]

Well Bitcoin has different potential and to me I like to believe that it's based on its users understanding that's what determines how valuable Bitcoin is. That's why up until now many cryto folks are still exploring it because it serves as a global, decentralized asset that is simply free from any third party....

​Overall Bitcoin is unique in different ways ,being a digital gold, a financial way to freedom from third parties, a new way for security and privacy, and lastly, a revolutionary technology that is one of its type. That's why it's easy to say understanding Bitcoin is easy but it  all depends on the person's consistency and focus. Every other thing that comes later shouldn't be hard .that's just it bro there  must always be determination for one to be able to thrive and understand bitcoin.......

[casey15]

I personally think Bitcoin is really easy to understand. Anyone who is knowledgeable enough to make use of the internet literally can be a bitcoiner.
The concept is just like that of normal currency only that you have a lot of control unlike fiat that government controls everything. No central authority that decides how your money moves... This is what makes it secure and private.
The concept of Bitcoin is one to be embraced.

[Bishop Victor]

Well Bitcoin has different potential and to me I like to believe that it's based on its users understanding that's what determines how valuable Bitcoin is. That's why up until now many cryto folks are still exploring it because it serves as a global, decentralized asset that is simply free from any third party....

​Overall Bitcoin is unique in different ways ,being a digital gold, a financial way to freedom from third parties, a new way for security and privacy, and lastly, a revolutionary technology that is one of its type. That's why it's easy to say understanding Bitcoin is easy but it  all depends on the person's consistency and focus. Every other thing that comes later shouldn't be hard .that's just it bro there  must always be determination for one to be able to thrive and understand bitcoin.......

Bitcoin isn’t just about quick profits. To truly benefit from it, a person must be willing to learn, stay focused, and understand its deeper purpose and technology.

[Odogwu-Blockchain]

5. Block chain: Verified transactions are added to a public ledger (blockchain), which is like a digital accounting book. This ledger is transparent, secure, and permanent.

This reminds me of an incidence when I encounter with a scammer, this guy asked me to sign up on a site, generate Bitcoin address and send to him so he could send me Bitcoin before I offer him my product, he stated he can only send Bitcoin through internal funds transfer on that site, I did registered on the site and forwarded him the address.

Bro sent the Bitcoin which I received while he requested for my product, I try to confirm if the Bitcoin will reflect on blockchair explorer using the address from the site, it shows on the explorer that the wallet address is incorrect and can't be found.

I immediately knew I received fake Bitcoin, when I try to withdraw it, a notification popped up saying I should deposit more Bitcoin before I could be able to unlock withdrawal button.

What makes me quickly knew everything was that transaction was not recorded on the public ledger, if it was real Bitcoin, it would be shown in the explorer, so nothing reflected.

[FirmWars]

Bitcoin is not a sophisticated technology, it is very easy to understand and use by anyone that wants to have or use it. Even people that does not have all knowledge of Bitcoin are still investing and holding Bitcoin even before they finally learned everything about Bitcoin, they must have already used Bitcoin for some activities like gambling and payments.

 If you even get better mentor way they always advice you when to buy and when to sell, then you fit do very well for your Bitcoin investment, just that it's also good for you to have a sound knowledge of watin Bitcoin they all about.

[Bishop Victor]

5. Block chain: Verified transactions are added to a public ledger (blockchain), which is like a digital accounting book. This ledger is transparent, secure, and permanent.

This reminds me of an incidence when I encounter with a scammer, this guy asked me to sign up on a site, generate Bitcoin address and send to him so he could send me Bitcoin before I offer him my product, he stated he can only send Bitcoin through internal funds transfer on that site, I did registered on the site and forwarded him the address.

Bro sent the Bitcoin which I received while he requested for my product, I try to confirm if the Bitcoin will reflect on blockchair explorer using the address from the site, it shows on the explorer that the wallet address is incorrect and can't be found.

I immediately knew I received fake Bitcoin, when I try to withdraw it, a notification popped up saying I should deposit more Bitcoin before I could be able to unlock withdrawal button.

What makes me quickly knew everything was that transaction was not recorded on the public ledger, if it was real Bitcoin, it would be shown in the explorer, so nothing reflected.

Bitcoin transactions are always recorded on the public blockchain and visible on explorers. Since there was no transaction on the ledger, no real Bitcoin existed.

[Bishop Victor]

Bitcoin is not a sophisticated technology, it is very easy to understand and use by anyone that wants to have or use it. Even people that does not have all knowledge of Bitcoin are still investing and holding Bitcoin even before they finally learned everything about Bitcoin, they must have already used Bitcoin for some activities like gambling and payments.

 If you even get better mentor way they always advice you when to buy and when to sell, then you fit do very well for your Bitcoin investment, just that it's also good for you to have a sound knowledge of watin Bitcoin they all about.

Bitcoin is not a complicated technology; it is easy to understand and use for anyone who wants to own or use it. Even people who do not fully understand Bitcoin still invest in and hold it before learning everything about it. Many have already used Bitcoin for activities such as payments or online gambling With proper mentorship, where you are advised on when to buy and when to sell, you can do very well with your Bitcoin investment. However, it is also important to have your own basic understanding of Bitcoin

[RockBell]

I personally think Bitcoin is really easy to understand. Anyone who is knowledgeable enough to make use of the internet literally can be a bitcoiner.
The concept is just like that of normal currency only that you have a lot of control unlike fiat that government controls everything. No central authority that decides how your money moves... This is what makes it secure and private.
The concept of Bitcoin is one to be embraced.

Bitcoin is actually very easy to understand just that a lot of people have a misunderstanding about investing in Bitcoin because they have this mindset of bitcoin but the moment you start investing you will start making money and bitcoin does not work that it takes a lot of time for people to actually make money from investing Bitcoin so it is more of having patient because and the central authority not involved makes it more interesting because nothing good comes from them they are always looking for ways to manipulate things and it's good that bitcoin is different even if there is market manipulation but that of the authority will bad.

And people just need to be more serious about there involvement in bitcoin, they can decide to buy the Dip and wait until it's appreciates and that is why holders keep emphasizing and patience because when you buy you have to wait until it appreciates so that you can sell it is as easy as physical trades just as physical traders do market analysis the same way in the crypto space.

[Bishop Victor]

I personally think Bitcoin is really easy to understand. Anyone who is knowledgeable enough to make use of the internet literally can be a bitcoiner.
The concept is just like that of normal currency only that you have a lot of control unlike fiat that government controls everything. No central authority that decides how your money moves... This is what makes it secure and private.
The concept of Bitcoin is one to be embraced.

Bitcoin is actually very easy to understand just that a lot of people have a misunderstanding about investing in Bitcoin because they have this mindset of bitcoin but the moment you start investing you will start making money and bitcoin does not work that it takes a lot of time for people to actually make money from investing Bitcoin so it is more of having patient because and the central authority not involved makes it more interesting because nothing good comes from them they are always looking for ways to manipulate things and it's good that bitcoin is different even if there is market manipulation but that of the authority will bad.

And people just need to be more serious about there involvement in bitcoin, they can decide to buy the Dip and wait until it's appreciates and that is why holders keep emphasizing and patience because when you buy you have to wait until it appreciates so that you can sell it is as easy as physical trades just as physical traders do market analysis the same way in the crypto space.

Bitcoin is actually very easy to understand. The problem is that many people misunderstand Bitcoin investing because of the mindset they already have about it. People think that the moment you start investing, you will immediately start making money, but Bitcoin does not work that way. It takes time to make money from Bitcoin, which is why patience is very important.

[NurseHub]

Overall Bitcoin is unique in different ways ,being a digital gold, a financial way to freedom from third parties, a new way for security and privacy, and lastly, a revolutionary technology that is one of its type. That's why it's easy to say understanding Bitcoin is easy but it  all depends on the person's consistency and focus. Every other thing that comes later shouldn't be hard .that's just it bro there  must always be determination for one to be able to thrive and understand bitcoin.......

I agree for every thing you talk about bitcoin but you see that privacy part, e no belong to bitcoin again, e don Tay we bitcoin be privacy tool, na only Monero be crypto wey get privacy now, bitcoin don reach stage wey be say e dey hard for you to do transactions without being traced down, KYC don full everywhere and any bitcoin wey come from privacy or unidentified addresses is not acceptable, dem dey even seize am. So even the coinjoin and other stuff them come be like something wey too hard to use.

[Chinesebaby]

In addition to what you just stated above, another factor that made Bitcoin work in a way that everyone understood it is the fact that Bitcoin is transparent, that is it's transaction can be track on the Bitcoin Blockchain. Bitcoin is universal, that is Bitcoin doesn't below to any region, but rather belongs to all, which is one thing that have strengthen it's community right from day one. Because the few people that started the Bitcoin development trusted it so much and never gave up on it.

[Bishop Victor]

In addition to what you just stated above, another factor that made Bitcoin work in a way that everyone understood it is the fact that Bitcoin is transparent, that is it's transaction can be track on the Bitcoin Blockchain. Bitcoin is universal, that is Bitcoin doesn't below to any region, but rather belongs to all, which is one thing that have strengthen it's community right from day one. Because the few people that started the Bitcoin development trusted it so much and never gave up on it.

Bitcoin worked because it was open, global, and supported by people who truly believed in it from the beginning, which strengthened the network and its community.

[AGogi2003]

Bitcoin is not a sophisticated technology, it is very easy to understand and use by anyone that wants to have or use it. Even people that does not have all knowledge of Bitcoin are still investing and holding Bitcoin even before they finally learned everything about Bitcoin, they must have already used Bitcoin for some activities like gambling and payments.

 If you even get better mentor way they always advice you when to buy and when to sell, then you fit do very well for your Bitcoin investment, just that it's also good for you to have a sound knowledge of watin Bitcoin they all about.

Nothing is hard in bitcoin, is easy to understand is not like trading that always makes things hard for newbies, is just for you to find a capital and get a strong wallet that you truest and invest your bitcoin the only things you should learn is how to keep your private key safe without sharing it with anyone and all your coin will be safe, just to used DCA method to be investing gradually. Bitcoin is not a investment that can give you fast money you need to always invest for the long term before you can probably get huge profit but by investing in long term that will give you guaranteed of getting profits. Many people have known about bitcoin and everyone that have interest always invest because is easy to understand and access. Is only people that hear about bitcoin first will start to think how he moves but the later you learn it you will see that is not something that is difficult to learn.

[Zigabel]

A very nice breakdown from OP, this is basically a wholistic breakdown in a very brief form of what Bitcoin is but then there are actually some more complexity to it if you want to go deep, at this stage which i consider the retail stage, i do lay more emphasis on the security aspect of how to secure the little you have been able to gather in your wallet, because that is your biggest strength with your asset. if your security ever gets compromised, you will loose all your assets and the chance to still be in the crypto space.

[Versatile_choice]

I personally think Bitcoin is really easy to understand. Anyone who is knowledgeable enough to make use of the internet literally can be a bitcoiner.
The concept is just like that of normal currency only that you have a lot of control unlike fiat that government controls everything. No central authority that decides how your money moves... This is what makes it secure and private.
The concept of Bitcoin is one to be embraced.

You're right there's nothing too hard for one to understand about bitcoin, for me once you know about it's volatility and the risk and also knowing that it is a Long term investment and how to make your purchase then you're likely to get started . I wonder why most people usually make it look complex in the view of others or their own view, or maybe I think it is lack of knowledge that makes it look complex for them, Which I'm sure that those who are well educated will not find it hard to understand.

[Lembo69]

Bitcoin is not a difficult thing but if you think it is difficult then it will become difficult for you because Bitcoin is a medium of investment. Where you will save or deposit your money. Many of us still do not know how Bitcoin can change the trend and make our lives easier. Investing is not complicated at all but if you are not patient then you can lose your money due to the market not being stable.

Before investing you just have to mentally prepare yourself that you will manage the investment for a long time. By investing for a long time you will overcome the failures and fears of the market. And after a while you will understand the market cycle so it can be said that Bitcoin is not difficult.

[Juicyhome]

I personally think Bitcoin is really easy to understand. Anyone who is knowledgeable enough to make use of the internet literally can be a bitcoiner.
The concept is just like that of normal currency only that you have a lot of control unlike fiat that government controls everything. No central authority that decides how your money moves... This is what makes it secure and private.
The concept of Bitcoin is one to be embraced.

You're right, if you can operate the Internet you can easily understand Bitcoin, you don't need to start reading to understand, you just need someone to tell you what to do. because is not demanding , if you are not a trader. You have to learn how to buy and sell, that's all you need nothing more.

Bitcoin is very easy to invest in, because you're not going to fill any form, zero stress and full control of your money, nothing hard about it, Bitcoin should be taught in our primary school to help the young ones to understand it at early stage of life.

[pooya87]

4. Verification: Special computers miners verify the transaction to ensure it's valid and not a duplicate spend.

Miners don't verify anything, nodes do.
The bitcoin nodes which are peer in the peer-to-peer network are the ones that perform the verification of everything including the blocks miners find. The miners are the ones that are performing the work (in the Proof of Work algorithm) so they are like the workers.

5. Block chain: Verified transactions are added to a public ledger (blockchain), which is like a digital accounting book. This ledger is transparent, secure, and permanent.

It is more accurate to say verified (aka valid) transactions are added to a candid block that miners would mine and if they succeed, that mined block will be added to the blockchain.

7. Wallets: You store your Bitcoins in a digital wallet, which is like a secure online account. You access it with a password private key

Your coins are already in the blockchain (remember that was the public ledger as you said). What you store in your wallet is your private key(s) which you need when you want to sign a transaction to spend your coins.
It is nothing like "online accounts" since you have full control and need to secure it yourself.

[Livingleged]

Miners don't verify anything, nodes do.
The bitcoin nodes which are peer in the peer-to-peer network are the ones that perform the verification of everything including the blocks miners find. The miners are the ones that are performing the work (in the Proof of Work algorithm) so they are like the workers.

I use to think that anyone running a node can also be referred to as to as a miner cus what they do is facilitate block to confirm transactions to be added to the blockchain is that not what minners do also?