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Crypto 101 with Jonathan

Eight short lessons, in plain English.

Each lesson is a few minutes long and answers one question a newcomer actually asks. Watch them in order, or start with the one you are curious about. No jargon, no prices, no predictions.

Jonathan Rose at a desk with a laptop, mid-explanation
  1. Jonathan Rose at a whiteboard, explaining a lesson
    Lesson 13 min

    What is crypto?

    Digital money that runs on a public, shared record instead of one bank’s ledger.

  2. Jonathan Rose in a navy suit in a bright office
    Lesson 24 min

    What is Bitcoin, really?

    The first cryptocurrency, created from a short paper and run by a network rather than a company.

  3. Two pizzas on a desk beside an old computer
    Lesson 35 min

    Two pizzas. 10,000 bitcoin.

    The most famous purchase in crypto history, and what it says about how far Bitcoin has come.

  4. A concert hall with a fixed number of seats
    Lesson 45 min

    21 million. That’s all there will ever be.

    Bitcoin’s supply is fixed by its rules. Here is what that means in plain terms.

  5. A stack of gold coins beside a glass hexagon
    Lesson 54 min

    Gold and Bitcoin: what’s the difference?

    Two kinds of scarcity, one physical and one digital, and why the comparison keeps coming up.

  6. A hand holding a glowing globe made of connected points
    Lesson 63 min

    Is all crypto the same?

    No. A short way to sort the thousands of cryptocurrencies into a few groups.

  7. A man leaving an office carrying a box of his things
    Lesson 71 min

    What happens to a 401(k) when you leave a job?

    Your old plan did not leave with you. The options, in plain terms, and the questions to ask before choosing.

  8. A couple at a kitchen table looking at a laptop together
    Lesson 87 min

    The market never sleeps. Who’s watching?

    Crypto trades around the clock. What that means for anyone holding it inside a long-term plan.

A couple at a kitchen table looking at a laptop together

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