The Foundations Trail

Where the story begins

Foundations Trail is Bitcoin from the beginning. It covers the history of money, with examples of how it has worked and failed across humanity. From there it moves into the emergence of Bitcoin and the problems it was built to solve.

What you walk away with

• How energy powers civilization, and why money exists to store the work people do.
• Why money has failed again and again, and the pattern every failure follows.
• What Bitcoin is, why it appeared when it did, and the principles behind it.
• How the Bitcoin network works, and what it changes for people and markets.

Ground covered

1. Understanding Energy and Civilization
2. Money, Trust, and the Risk of Collapse
3. Reaching the Breaking Point
4. The Arrival of Bitcoin
5. Core Principles of Bitcoin
6. How Bitcoin Works
7. What Bitcoin Means for the World