I saw a question from @HugoFaz in a 6529/Memes chat and I was going to answer there but I think the answer is more generally useful so I will tweet it here
Some people meditate on the oneness of the world to achieve enlightenment.
I also meditate to achieve enlightenment, but on how I can describe "how Bitcoin works" in the fewest number of words
Sharing last night's version below
2/ Imagine a Google sheet w/ everyone's bank balances and the whole world has full access.
Solutions That Do Not Work
a) Everyone can change any cell? Chaos and theft
b) Only one person with editor access? Works fine but the whole world is at the mercy of that one person
3/ BTC's solution
a) Accountants propose changes every 10 minutes
b) Anyone can propose a change to their balances (along with a service fee)
c) Accountants batch the changes for review
d) Everyone checks that the batch is valid (no overspending) and accepts