The Bitcoin School. Bitcoin only. No bullshit. Have fun.https://www.learnbitcoin.com/en-ushttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/bip-processhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/bip-processHow an idea becomes a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal, what the editors actually control, why most proposals die, and how the ones that matter get activated - including the covenant activation fight underway in 2026.Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/block-size-warhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/block-size-warThe 2015-2017 fight over Bitcoin's block size limit, from Bitcoin XT to the UASF to the forks that split away, and how it settled who actually controls the rules.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/mt-gox-ftx-graveyardhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/mt-gox-ftx-graveyardA decade of crypto custodians that lost their customers' coins, from Mt. Gox to FTX, and the honest case for holding your own keys instead.Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/energyhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/energyEnergy is the FUD claim that comes up most often, full stop. The honest version: the consumption is real, the comparisons are rhetorical, the demand profile is unique, and the fix for what is actually broken is already profitable.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/quantum-and-bitcoinhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/quantum-and-bitcoinQuantum is the FUD claim that comes up most often after fiat-debasement and energy. The honest version: the threat is real, the timeline is slow, the fix is governance, and Bitcoin has agency.Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/lightning-routinghttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/lightning-routingThe Lightning Network is a graph. Sending a payment is finding a path through it. Here is how routing actually works.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/seed-backup-strategieshttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/seed-backup-strategiesTwelve words is your wallet. Lose them and you lose your bitcoin. Here is how serious people back them up.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/decentralizationhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/decentralizationWhat 'decentralized' actually means, where Bitcoin sits on the spectrum, and how the network has defeated takeover attempts without anyone in charge.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/journey/how-bitcoin-workshttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/journey/how-bitcoin-worksBlocks, transactions, mining, fees, UTXOs. The machinery, demystified, without skipping the parts that matter.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTjourneyhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/journey/sovereigntyhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/journey/sovereigntyRun your own node. Use multisig. Lock down your op-sec. Graduation: you don't ask anyone for permission to use Bitcoin.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT2026-05-29T00:00:00.000Zjourneyhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/journey/using-bitcoinhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/journey/using-bitcoinOn-chain transactions, fees in practice, Lightning basics. Now that you have it, here's how to actually use it.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTjourneyhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/journey/why-money-is-brokenhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/journey/why-money-is-brokenInflation isn't a force of nature. It's a policy. Once you see how fiat actually works, Bitcoin stops looking strange.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTjourneyhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/journey/be-your-own-bankhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/journey/be-your-own-bankIf your keys live on an exchange, you don't own Bitcoin. You own an IOU. This chapter teaches you to own actual Bitcoin.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTjourneyhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/journey/what-bitcoin-actually-ishttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/journey/what-bitcoin-actually-isNot a stock. Not a company. Not a payment app. Bitcoin is a new kind of money - and the difference matters.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTjourneyhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/bitcoin-unitshttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/bitcoin-unitsBTC, sats, mBTC, µBTC, Finney. Which unit to use, when, and why there are so many of them.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/halvingshttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/halvingsEvery 210,000 blocks, the new-Bitcoin tap halves. Why, when, and what happens after.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/inflation-bug-postmortemhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/inflation-bug-postmortemAugust 15, 2010: someone created 184 billion BTC out of thin air. Five hours later, it was fixed. Here is the full story.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/key-spacehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/key-space2^256. A number so large the universe doesn't have enough atoms to brute-force one.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/mempoolhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/mempoolWhere transactions wait before they are real. The auction-house buffer between you and a block.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/mininghttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/miningHash, nonce, target. The simplest hard problem in the world, and why it secures $T.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/utxoshttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/utxosBitcoin does not have balances. It has UTXOs. Once you see them, you can not unsee them.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/supplyhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/supply21 million, forever. Here's how the math works, and why it can't change.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTrabbit-hole