Learn
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Two ways in. Read the Journey in order, or look up the one word that confused you. Nothing here needs a signup, and none of it is trying to sell you anything.
The Journey
One opinionated path from "what is money?" to "I run my own Bitcoin node". Each chapter ends in something you do, not just something you read.
6 chapters, about 3 hours of reading
Start with chapter 1- Why Money Is Broken Inflation isn't a force of nature. It's a policy. Once you see how fiat actually works, Bitcoin stops looking strange. 22 min
- What Bitcoin Actually Is Not a stock. Not a company. Not a payment app. Bitcoin is a new kind of money - and the difference matters. 25 min
- How Bitcoin Works Blocks, transactions, mining, fees, UTXOs. The machinery, demystified, without skipping the parts that matter. 30 min
- Be Your Own Bank If your keys live on an exchange, you don't own Bitcoin. You own an IOU. This chapter teaches you to own actual Bitcoin. 35 min
- Using Bitcoin On-chain transactions, fees in practice, Lightning basics. Now that you have it, here's how to actually use it. 30 min
- Sovereignty Run your own node. Use multisig. Lock down your op-sec. Graduation: you don't ask anyone for permission to use Bitcoin. 45 min
The glossary
500 Bitcoin terms in plain language. Each entry opens with a short definition, then goes as deep as you want to follow it.
Then go deep on one question.
A rabbit hole is a long read on a single idea, with its sources. These three follow straight on from the Journey.
The Supply Schedule
21 million, forever. Here's how the math works, and why it is so hard to change.
UTXOs
Bitcoin does not have balances. It has UTXOs. Once you see them, you can not unsee them.
Mining
Hash, nonce, target. The simplest hard problem in the world, and why it secures more than a trillion dollars.