Learn bitcoin and crypto, minus the hype
Twelve guides that explain how this all actually works: the technology, the risks, and the parts the marketing leaves out. Every factual claim carries a source.
Last reviewed 2026-08-12.
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- History of Bitcoin: From Whitepaper to Nation-State AssetFrom the 2008 whitepaper to a US strategic reserve in 2025: bitcoin's full timeline through Mt. Gox, El Salvador, FTX, the spot ETF era, and the April 2024 halving.8 min read
- How to Store Bitcoin and Crypto SafelySelf-custody with a hardware wallet and an offline seed phrase is the safest way to store crypto. Learn custody tradeoffs, passphrases, today's scam patterns, and inheritance basics.9 min read
- What Are NFTs and What Happened to Them?NFTs are unique blockchain tokens proving ownership of digital items. Trading volume collapsed more than 90 percent from the 2021-22 peak; art, gaming, tickets, and bitcoin ordinals remain.7 min read
- What Is Bitcoin and How Does It Work?Bitcoin is digital money with a fixed 21 million supply, run by a global network instead of a bank. How transactions, mining, halvings, and custody work in plain English.8 min read
Bitcoin
Buying, earning & trading
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Web3 & NFTs
Blockchains & smart contracts
DeFi
Frequently asked questions
Where should I start?
With whichever question you actually have. The articles are grouped by topic rather than ordered as a course, so none of them assumes you have read the others. If you are buying for the first time, start from your country guide and come back for the parts that matter to you.
How current are these articles?
Each of the 12 carries a published date and a last reviewed date at the top. Anything resting on a price, a rule or a platform gets revisited rather than left standing, and the review date sits on the page so you can judge it yourself rather than take a promise here.
Is any of this financial advice?
No. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold, and none of it accounts for your circumstances. The guides explain how things work and what has gone wrong for other people. What you do with that is your decision.
What is the most important thing to get right?
Custody. Exchange failures from Mt. Gox to FTX wiped out customer balances that looked real until withdrawals stopped. Anything you are not actively trading belongs in a wallet whose keys you hold, and the security guides explain how to set that up.