C3 CRYPTOC3 CRYPTOThe C3 learning path begins with the foundation: what money is, why it matters, and how the financial system affects everyday life.
Read the lessons in order. Each article includes a Print C3 Notes worksheet with a summary, reflection questions, concepts to research, and recommended books.
Money is a tool that helps people trade, measure value, and store value for the future.
Good money is durable, portable, divisible, recognizable, accepted, and difficult to create in unlimited amounts.
Inflation is the general rise in prices over time, which means each dollar buys less.
Modern banks help create money through lending and credit expansion.
People invest to try to grow wealth, preserve purchasing power, and prepare for the future.
Risk is the possibility that an outcome may be different from what you expect.
A store of value is something people use to preserve purchasing power over time.
Bitcoin was created as a peer-to-peer digital money system that does not rely on a central authority to verify transactions.