Decentralized

Trustless

Secure

Transparent

Low cost / fee

Accessible

Blockchain and public ledger (Immutable Distributed Ledger)

• Consensus Mechanism

Validating transactions

• What is "Valid"

• How to pick the validator

• Proving mechanism

Cryptography and publicly verifiable, difficult to spoof/fake identity

• Hash algorithms

• Public/Private key cryptography

Proof of work

Limited Supply

Built as an anonymous currency, works better as a store-of-value

Stages of adoption

• Cypherpunks

• Tech enthusiasts

• Institution

• Nation-state / Sovereign

Platform for smart contracts

Proof of stake

Unlimited supply

• Burn mechanism

Is [insert your coin name here] too expensive?

Isn't Bitcoin energy intensive / wasteful?