The Bitcoin School. Bitcoin only. No bullshit. Have fun.https://www.learnbitcoin.com/en-ushttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/bitcoin-is-deadhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/bitcoin-is-deadBitcoin is dead, they said, and a Ponzi scheme, a tulip bubble, rat poison and money for drug dealers and terrorists. Every label, who said it and when, which ones can actually be scored, and what happened next, including the calls that held up and the ones our own side got wrong.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/2013-chain-forkhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/2013-chain-forkOn 11 March 2013 a software upgrade split Bitcoin into two chains. Developers, pool operators and exchanges argued it out in a public chat room and put it back together in under eight hours. This is the log, with the timestamps.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/how-taproot-workshttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/how-taproot-worksOne key, two doors. How a Taproot output is built, why every one looks the same until it is spent, what Schnorr signatures changed, what Tapscript left open for the future, and what has actually been done with it since 2021, inscriptions included.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Zrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/bitcoin-privacyhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/bitcoin-privacyBitcoin is pseudonymous, not anonymous. How chain analysis actually traces coins, where your real name attaches to the ledger, what the 2024 CoinJoin shutdowns changed, and the defenses that still work.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Zrabbit-holehttps://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 GMT2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Zrabbit-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 GMT2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Zrabbit-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 GMT2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Zrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/energyhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/energyHow much electricity Bitcoin uses, where it comes from, what the critics get right, and which common comparisons don't hold up.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Zrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/quantum-and-bitcoinhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/quantum-and-bitcoinA real threat on a slow timeline. What a large quantum computer could break, which coins are exposed, and how Bitcoin could upgrade first.Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Zrabbit-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 GMT2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Zrabbit-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 GMT2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Zrabbit-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 GMT2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Zrabbit-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 GMT2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Zjourneyhttps://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 GMT2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Zjourneyhttps://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 GMT2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Zjourneyhttps://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 GMT2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Zjourneyhttps://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 GMT2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Zjourneyhttps://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 GMT2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Zjourneyhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/bitcoin-unitshttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/bitcoin-unitsBTC, sats, mBTC, uBTC, 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 GMT2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Zrabbit-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 GMT2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Zrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/key-spacehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/key-space2^256 possible private keys. Trying them all would keep every computer on Earth busy for far longer than the universe has existed.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Zrabbit-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 GMT2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Zrabbit-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 more than a trillion dollars.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Zrabbit-holehttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/supplyhttps://www.learnbitcoin.com/rabbit-hole/supply21 million, forever. Here's how the math works, and why it is so hard to change.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Zrabbit-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 GMT2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Zrabbit-hole