Crypto, explained so it actually makes sense

Plain-language walkthroughs of buying, storing and understanding crypto. No jargon on the first mention, no assumed knowledge, no hype.

A hot wallet is connected to the internet, a cold wallet is not. That single difference decides how you should split your coins between them.

A seed phrase is twelve or twenty-four ordinary words that rebuild your entire wallet. Whoever reads them owns the coins. Here is how to…

What to do, in order, from before the first purchase to the point where this stops requiring attention.

Every term you will hit in your first year, defined in one or two sentences, without using four other undefined terms to do it.

Who holds the keys determines who controls the asset. Everything else about safety follows from that one question.

In most countries crypto is property rather than currency, which means ordinary-feeling actions like swapping one coin for another are…

Moving funds off an exchange for the first time, step by step, with the two checks that prevent irreversible mistakes.

Below a certain amount, a hardware wallet is an expensive habit. Above it, not having one is the expensive habit. Here is roughly where the…

Computers competing to add the next batch of transactions, paid in new coins. Why it uses energy and what that energy buys.

Six checks, none of them technical, that filter out most of what is not worth your money.

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