A very small portion of the world’s population owns Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency. There are presently 32 million electronic wallets that contain Bitcoin. Some people own more than one wallet so we know for certain that fewer people actually own Bitcoin. That is out of a world population of 7.7 billion people. That translates to less than half of one percent of the world population owns Bitcoin. There are numerous small companies and driven individuals attempting to create world adoption of Bitcoin as a currency and or as a store of value, not unlike gold. Some are speculators trying to get rich but many are true believers, attempting to bring down the central banks or limit governmental control over currencies. Determined to make the world safer, more honest and more equitable.Much of the opposition comes from exactly where you would expect. Entities who fear the disruption of their business models or the status quo. Banks, government regulators, stockbrokers, and gold investors. What is not expected is some of the Economists from academia actually loathe Bitcoin and all forms of cryptocurrency. For one college professor, in particular, his use of profanity and the nasty personal attacks he hurls at crypto developers borders on the hysterical.The media has little understanding of the fundamentals involved and most articles are either superficial or just plain wrong. Bitcoin has been declared dead over 400 times in its eleven-year history. Each one of these pronouncements has been completely wrong. I have yet to see any so-called analysts do any better than random chance with their predictions. This book is written for the beginner so you can enter the crypto universe without making many of the rookie mistakes. I will say it repeatedly in the following pages, only buy Bitcoin with money you can afford to lose without creating havoc in your life. Do not buy on credit.While it is strange in the beginning, once you have completed several transactions, it will become second nature. As with all things new, there is a definite learning curve to master to gain confidence in this realm. After reading this book you should be able to take that first step to enter into the cryptocurrency economy. Please start slow. With less than one half of one percent of people actually in the crypto space, you have plenty of time to learn and grow. If you are entering in 2019, you are an early adopter. There is still plenty of time to be ahead of almost everyone. To use an old Latin proverb, “Fortune favors the bold.” Good luck to those bold enough to accept this modern-day challenge. I graduated from the University of Texas in 1977 with a degree in Psychology and a minor in History. I then obtained my law degree from The University of Houston in 1980. I have spent my entire 40 years in litigation. I have tried to verdict over 150 cases. Starting as an Assistant District Attorney for Harris County, Texas, I handled everything from auto theft to murder. I left the DA's office in 1985 and with my partner formed Hampton & Rawlings. In 1991 I tried my first personal injury case and obtained a jury verdict of $1,061,000. We then spent the next 29 years focused on obtaining economic justice for the injured and disabled. Since then, Hampton & Rawlings has recovered many millions of dollars on behalf of our clients. I have written four books, which are all available on Amazon Books. I covered strategic foresight, law, and cryptocurrency. I have also penned three screenplays involving science fiction themes.  I have always been a thrill-seeker. For that reason, I have been a downhill snow skier, scuba diver (including wreck, cave, and night dives), and skydiver. I flew with the Texas Air Aces and engaged in mock aerial combat at 10,000 feet. I parachuted twice from 13,000 feet. I have played drums in various rock bands since the 1980s. My wife and I have run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain three times. Nearly gored twice. We returned to Texas, bruised, bloodied, but head unbowed. It is that same sense of adventure that I take into boththe courtroom and the crypto world. I first became aware of Bitcoin in July of 2017. It has started me on the adventure of a lifetime. One of my daughters serves in the Army as a gunner on a rocket launcher.  Her unit was deployed on a forward operating base in Afghanistan. She received a combat action badge for her participation on a rescue mission, while saving several wounded in the field. I am proud of all my children. I raised my girls to be warriors. It never occurred to me they would take it literally.