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Seven short articles, in order, about 45 minutes in all. Free, with no account. Each one answers a single question and sets up the next.

  1. 1

    Why your money keeps buying less

    Bitcoin only makes sense once the problem it answers does.

    1. Why Does Everything Cost More? Gas, eggs, and houses cost far more than they did a generation ago. Priced in gold, they barely moved. 6 min read
    2. What Happened in 1971? The day the dollar's link to gold ended: why it broke, and what changed for ordinary savers. 7 min read
  2. 2

    What Bitcoin changes

    Money with a supply no one can quietly change, and no company in charge.

    1. Why Is Bitcoin Limited to 21 Million? Where the limit comes from, who enforces it, and what it would take to change it. 6 min read
    2. What Is a Satoshi? Why a high price per coin does not put Bitcoin out of reach. Nobody has to buy a whole one. 5 min read
    3. Who Runs Bitcoin If There's No Company? How nodes, miners and developers share the work, and why none of them can force a rule on the rest. 5 min read
  3. 3

    Keeping it safe

    Owning bitcoin and holding it yourself are not the same thing.

    1. What Does It Mean to Hold Your Own Keys? What a key and a seed phrase are, why coins on an exchange are a claim on a company, and what self-custody asks of you. 5 min read
    2. Can Bitcoin Be Hacked? What really gets stolen, from Mt. Gox to Binance, and the math no one has broken. 10 min read
Then

Read Lesson 1 of the course, free

Each article answers one question. The course puts the whole picture in order, from what money is to holding Bitcoin yourself. Lesson 1, “What is Money?”, is free to read in full, with no account.

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If it changes how you think about money, the full course is $59, one time.

Along the way

Stuck on a word? The glossary defines the terms the course uses. Have a different question? Browse all the articles. Looking for wallets, books, or podcasts? The resources page is a starting point for your own research.