Brian Hirschfield
Brian Hirschfield is the author of Bitcoin for Institutions and the founder of the Magic Internet Math Academy, making rigorous mathematics accessible to the Bitcoin community. As an actuary and quant, Brian brings nearly three decades of institutional experience to his work at the intersection of finance, mathematics, and Bitcoin.
Brian is on a mission to bridge the gap between institutional rigor and individual sovereignty. His conviction is simple and uncompromising: if you don't know the math, you're a second-class citizen.in Bitcoin.
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We learn the phrase "Don't Trust, Verify" but even if we really want to, all but a small handful of people are capable of verifying all there is behind Bitcoin. This makes us 2nd class citizens subject to trusting the few who do get it. I am out to change that.
I have used AI to build a stack of math education tools designed to get people from basic arithmetic to understanding ECDSA and Schnorr signatures. The stack includes a podcast, online courses, textbooks, and video.