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title: "Five-Minute Bitcoin Primer: What is Bitcoin and How Does it Work?"
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## Five-Minute Bitcoin Primer: What is Bitcoin and How Does it Work?

January 22, 2015 at 12:00 PM | [itBit](https://insights.paxos.com/blog/author/itbit)

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[**itBit's Five-Minute Bitcoin Primer: What is Bitcoin and How Does it Work?**](https://insights.paxos.com/hs-fs/hub/424565/file-2382046756.pdf) is the second release from our itBit Education series. The slide deck presentation uses images to provide education on bitcoin and blockchain fundamentals in an easy-going, conversational manner. 

Key topics discussed in the presentation include:

- Benefits and practical uses of bitcoins in everyday life.
- Difference between bitcoin, the digital currency (little "b"), and the Bitcoin network (big "B").
- introduction to blockchain technology and it's integral role in the Bitcoin system. 

 

 

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