Bitcoin Meetup

Shreveport / Bossier City Bitcoiners

Why can't we just keep using Dollars?

Bitcoin has been described as a solution in search of a problem. Nothing could be further from the truth. Bitcoin was created because the world's money system is fundamentally broken, and needs an upgrade.

The first step to understanding Bitcoin is understanding why an alternative to the current debt based fiat monetary system is needed "WTF Happened in 1971?"" is a presentation of graphs and data that show what has happened to the US economy and money supply since we left the gold standard under Nixon in 1971, and essentially replaced hard money with Monopoly money: Visit WTFHappenedin1971.com

This is one of the best primers on Bitcoin. Give it 20 minutes of your time:

If you're the trading type, you can check out this list of Bitcoin chart models, including Power Law, Stock to Flow, the Rainbow Regression Chart, and some indicators like the Fear and Greed index: Visit Bitbo.io Charts