> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://btcjourney.gitbook.io/start/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://btcjourney.gitbook.io/start/why-learn-about-bitcoin/table-of-contents.md).

# Table of contents

1. [Why learn about Bitcoin?](/start/why-learn-about-bitcoin/readme.md)
2. [Trust problems with our money](/start/trust-problems-with-our-money/introduction.md)
   * [Banks: insolvencies, confiscation, and censorship](/start/trust-problems-with-our-money/banks-insolvencies-confiscation-and-censorship.md)
   * [Central banks: money supply and currency debasement](/start/trust-problems-with-our-money/central-banks-money-supply-and-currency-debasement.md)
   * [A note on CBDCs](/start/trust-problems-with-our-money/a-note-on-cbdcs.md)
3. [So, why do we need banks?](/start/trust-problems-with-our-money/introduction.md)
   * [Hard money and gold](/start/so-why-do-we-need-banks/hard-money-and-gold.md)
   * [Problems with gold and resulting centralization](/start/so-why-do-we-need-banks/problems-with-gold-and-resulting-centralization.md)
   * [Abandoning hard money](/start/so-why-do-we-need-banks/abandoning-hard-money.md)
   * [Digital money and eCommerce](/start/so-why-do-we-need-banks/digital-money-and-ecommerce.md)
4. [What if?](/start/what-if/hayek-on-money-the-government-cant-stop.md)
5. [How does Bitcoin work?](/start/how-does-bitcoin-work/introduction.md)
   * [Computers, code, and a ledger](/start/how-does-bitcoin-work/computers-code-and-a-ledger.md)
   * [Mining and proof-of-work](/start/how-does-bitcoin-work/what-is-happening.md)
   * [Where do bitcoins come from?](/start/how-does-bitcoin-work/where-do-bitcoins-come-from.md)
   * [The superpowers of a Bitcoin user](/start/how-does-bitcoin-work/the-superpowers-of-a-bitcoin-user.md)
6. [What is Bitcoin?](/start/what-is-bitcoin/outro.md)

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