The Fabulous History of Money

Season 1 • Episode 4: From Coins to Bitcoin • Watch with subtitles

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From Coins to Bitcoin

Episode 4: From Coins to Bitcoin

November 29, 2025 • 59 min

How did the money become virtual? While paper money has been in circulation in China for centuries, it encounters great reservations in the West. Europe and the US had to learn to accept a purely trust-based single currency. Today, the gold standard is making an impressive comeback: in the form of Bitcoins, the digital answer to the precious metal.

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