Crypto explained in plain language.

How Bitcoin moves between people, what mining does, how a blockchain records it all, and what private and public keys are for.

Where new Bitcoins come from: what mining is, how it keeps the network secure and decentralized, and the financial side of taking part.

Two ways a cryptocurrency validates transactions and adds them to the blockchain: Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake compared.

Bitcoin isn't fully anonymous. How wallets, addresses and a public blockchain can link transactions to you, and how Bitcoin compares with Monero.

A block explorer is like Google for blockchain. How it works, the three most popular ones, and why you might use one.

From the first coins around 600 B.C. to the 21st century: the long run of money and technology that came before Bitcoin.

How Bitcoin grew over a decade, why it gained acceptance, and why it has been allowed to operate rather than being banned.

Nobody knows who created Bitcoin. The theories, claims and possible candidates behind the name Satoshi Nakamoto.

An easy explanation of ten popular cryptocurrencies and five newcomers, as the market looked in 2024.

Ethereum's origins, controversies and main features, the move to Proof-of-Stake, its competitors and what may come next.

Where Solana came from, what it does differently, what critics say about it and what its future may hold.

A beginner's guide to Ripple and XRP: its origins, advantages and features, the criticism it faces and its prospects.

What Tether (USDT) is, how the stablecoin began, the criticism it has drawn, the risks of holding it and what may come next.

What makes a token non-fungible, where NFTs came from, where they stand now, the good and the bad, and where they may go.

What Bitcoin Ordinals are, how they work, why they matter and how they bring NFTs to Bitcoin.

What GameFi is, where it came from, notable examples, and the benefits and drawbacks of earning crypto through games.

A simple approach to holding crypto longer term: dollar cost averaging, where to store it, and how Bitcoin, Ethereum and others compare.

What dollar cost averaging is, who it suits, when it works best, and how exchanges and third-party bots can automate it.

Risk management in everyday life, investing, trading and crypto, and how the same habits carry across all four.

How centralized and decentralized crypto exchanges compare on risk, ease of use, fees and learning curve, and which may suit you.

How perpetual futures, leverage, arbitrage, news trading and trading bots work, including the risks of leverage.

What traders mean by moving averages, RSI, Bollinger Bands and open interest, and how these indicators are used.

Perpetual futures from the basics to more advanced terms and order types, including why leverage cuts both ways.

Price action is the movement of a coin's price over a period. How traders read it, and why no approach predicts the market every time.

Open interest is the number of active futures contracts not yet settled. What it shows about money moving in and out of a market.

What longs, shorts and a short squeeze are, why squeezes happen, and how experienced traders approach them.

Why a small business might accept crypto: no chargebacks, generally lower fees, and how fees differ from coin to coin.

A walkthrough of accepting crypto payments in a small business using NOWPayments: costs, integration and payouts.

A masternode is a server on a decentralized network. How masternodes work, what they earn and the part they play in governance.

Sharding splits a blockchain's work into smaller pieces. What it is, why it helps, and whether it weakens security.

Sidechains are standalone blockchains that work with Bitcoin or another parent chain. What they are for and how they work.