
Bitcoin Basics
Is Bitcoin Dead? What the Claim Means and How to Judge It
People say Bitcoin is dead after every sharp fall. See what the claim can mean, which network signals you can check yourself and what failure would look like.
Editorial & research

Bitcoin Basics
People say Bitcoin is dead after every sharp fall. See what the claim can mean, which network signals you can check yourself and what failure would look like.

Technology
A Bitcoin miner is a machine built for one job: hashing. See what ASICs are, how solo and pool mining differ, and what small lottery miners can and cannot do.

Security
A phone cannot mine bitcoin in any meaningful way. See what mining apps usually are, how cloud mining works, the red flags and what to do if you already paid.

Security
Set up a bitcoin wallet in the right order: choose who holds the keys, get the software from its maker, back up the phrase, then add money starting with a test.

Investing
How bitcoin futures work: contracts, margin and leverage, perpetual funding, regulated versus unregulated venues, futures funds versus spot ETFs, and the risks.

Investing
The rainbow chart and the 200-week moving average explained: what the colored bands and log scale show, and why neither can predict Bitcoin's price.

Investing
Bitcoin is not a stock, but some stocks are tied to it. See the four types, how each is exposed, what else moves the shares and where to find facts.

Money & Economics
Bitcoin falls when sellers outweigh buyers. Learn the usual drivers, from leverage and rate worries to exchange failures, and how to read a drop calmly.

Bitcoin Basics
115 Bitcoin statistics from primary sources on adoption, fraud, mining energy, ETFs, tax and regulation, each linked to its source and checked in October 2026.

Security
The Altruists, Netflix's scripted FTX drama, premieres on 19 November 2026. What it covers, what really happened at FTX and what it teaches about custody.

Investing
PayPal lets eligible US customers buy, hold and sell Bitcoin in its app. See what holding means, other ways to pay with PayPal, taxes and the scams to avoid.

Technology
A TXID is the 64-character code that identifies one bitcoin transaction. Learn where to find it, how to read it on a block explorer and how to share it safely.