Introduction
	What is Bitcoin?
	Organization
	Audience
	Obtaining the bitcoin software
	bitcoin-qt, bitcoind
	mobile client
	Conventions
	Background
History of bitcoin
	A brief history of crypto currencies
	Public key cryptography and crypto-currency
	Peer-to-Peer networks
	The history of bitcoin
	Why would I use bitcoin
	As a merchant
	As a consumer
	As a developer, integrator
	As an entrepreneur
	As an investor
	The bitcoin community
	Bitcointalk
	Bitcoin Wiki
	The Bitcoin Foundation
	Conferences and Events
How does bitcoin work?
	Bitcoin currency and units
	Bitcoin addresses and public key crypto
	Simple Transactions
	Wallets, addresses and coins
	The Blockchain
	Bitcoin mining
	Transaction Fees
	Currency exchange
	Complex transactions
	Peer-to-peer protocol
	Transaction pool
	Double-spend protection
	Asymptotic reward reduction
	Finite monetary supply
	Divisibility and deflation
	Full node client
	Overlay networks (Stratum)
	Light-weight clients
	Offline processing
	Hardware clients
	Brain wallets
	Paper wallets
Where do I start
	Getting the software
	Creating a wallet
	Getting currency
	Buying with fiat (national) currency
	Earning bitcoin
	Mining bitcoin
	Hosted wallets
	Setting up the bitcoin client (full node)
	Files and storage options
	Syncing the blockchain for the first time
	Independent transaction verification (SPV)
	Bitcoin-QT client options
	Best practices
Using bitcoin as a consumer
	Transactions
	Anonymity and address "taint"
	Recycling addresses
	Identity Verification
	Transaction non-reversal
	Vanity addresses
Using bitcoin as a merchant
	Merchant and payment services
	Transaction fees and conversion fees
	Handling thousands of transactions
	Address per transaction
	Deterministic key generation
	Master public key (MPK)
	Cold storage
	Customer culture (early adopter) and expectations
	Anonymity and privacy expectations
	Trust without chargebacks
	Corporate and personal identity for trust
	Refunds and reversals
	Pricing in bitcoin or fiat currencies
	Exchange rate and Conversion timing
	Handling currency risk
	Currency exchange and liquidity risk
	Volatility risk
	Regulatory risk
Bitcoin for entrepreneurs
	Risk and uncertainty
	Political and regulatory risk
	The reputation of early use patterns
	Dealing with "legacy" banking
	Friction on the bitcoin on/off ramps
	Bitcoin accounting and book-keeping
	Bitcoin payroll
	Bitcoin angel investors and investment clubs
	Bitcoin securities listings (going bitcoin IPO)
	Crowdfunding for bitcoin
	Bitcoin source, licensing and intellectual property
	Bitcoin trademarks
	Bitcoin patent base
	Bitcoin business community resources
Bitcoin Software Development
	git and github
	Contributing to bitcoin
	Issue List
	Forking the code
	Branching and Merging
	Making a code change
	Manual testing
	Automated Testing and Continuous Integration
	Pull request and discussion
	Merging and maintaining features
	Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIP)
	Protocol extension
	Script extension (SPV)
	Client extension
	User Interface extension
	API development
	JSON/RPC client API
	Stratum API
	Middleware
Bitcoin Security
	Risks and non-risks
	Cracking the bitcoin protocol or encryption (debunk)
	Password loss, brute force, dictionary attacks
	Keyloggers
	Hosted wallet compromise
	Two-Factor Authentication
	OTP, Software token
	Hardware Token
	Challenge-Response (SMS, email)
	Secondary key
	On-screen keyboard
	Secure Storage
	Backup and recovery
	Cold storage
	Offline transaction signing
The Future of Bitcoin
	Bitcoin's Future
	Bitcoin Improvement Proposals
	BIP11 - Multi Signature Transactions
	BIP38 - Split Key Signing
	Software and Hardware developments
	Adoption Barriers or Reversals
	Reputation and Trust
	Regulatory Exile
	Value Crash
	Adoption Accelerators
	National Currency Collapse
	Leap-frogging in Developing Countries
	Serving the 2.5bn Unbanked
	Sovereign Issuance of Alt-Coin.
	Speculation and Prediction (Crystal Ball Section)
	Will Bitcoin be the World Currency?
	Crypto-Currency success, despite Bitcoin failure
	Legitimacy, co-option and rebirth.
Appendix: Bitcoin financial services
	Currency Exchanges
	Bitcoin market data services
	Bitcoin ticker, order book, chart and analysis services
	Peer-to-peer exchange
	OTC and Web-of-Trust (WoT)
	Escrow services
	Monitoring services
	Alert and notification services
	Lending
	P2P Lending
	Securities
	Mutual Funds
	Angel investing
Appendix: Bitcoin markets and applications
	Currency transfer
	US domestic
	Other in-country
	International
	Retail commerce
	Physical (tangible) goods
	Intangible products
	Services
	Technology services
	Re-selling and Cross-selling
	Wholesale commerce
Appendix: Bitcoin Protocol Structure and Conventions
Appendix: Bitcoin Transaction Script Operands and Tokens
Appendix: Bitcoin Cryptography Algorithms, Conventions and Conversions.
Appendix: Bitcoin Meta-protocols: Mining Pool Protocols, Lightweight Client Protocols