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What Is Bitcoin? A 2011 animated introduction

WeUseCoins · Explainer · 2 min · 2011 · YouTube title: What is Bitcoin? (v1)
Why it's here

HN commenters sent it to newcomers as a short, simple first explanation of Bitcoin.

What it covers

A two-minute animated introduction to Bitcoin from 2011, explaining it as a peer-to-peer digital currency. It was widely shared in Bitcoin's early days as the standard newcomer explainer.