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By the way, what is double spending?

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Double Spending is not only CoinShares’ new animated series designed to educate audiences on the historical, fun, and sometimes tragic stories behind money as we know it: namely, fiat currencies. This term, which inspired our series, was popularised by Mr or Mrs. Satoshi Nakamoto in the Bitcoin whitepaper.

In this episode, we discuss why the Internet used to be a challenging place to exchange money flawlessly, and why Bitcoin solved this. 

Illustrated by artist Alberto Miranda (The Guardian Weekly, The Economist, El País, Barron’s Magazine, Capital Magazine) and animated by CoinShares motion designer Marine Adenis, Double Spending offers insight into why Bitcoin may, after all, have a place in modern society.

In this episode: explaining double spending

Published onJul 29th, 2026

Writer
Former journalist for Le Monde, Le Figaro, and Capital's Cryptocurrency section. Bitcoin node runner.

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