Comment by monero-xmr

Not knowing what your technical abilities are, a potential place to start going down the rabbit hole is https://www.coinbase.com/learn

The Bitcoin Standard explains the philosophical underpinnings of why this isn’t a big Ponzi and there is real material value to stateless money:

The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking https://a.co/d/bC6XZqm