Bitcoin News
How a Bitcoin transaction actually reaches a block
From signing in a wallet to sitting in a mined block: the full path, without the hand-waving.
Andrew Folkler
Bitcoin News
What the difficulty adjustment is really for
The most elegant part of the protocol, and the reason blocks keep arriving at a steady pace.
Bitcoin News
Self-custody: the questions to answer before you move a coin
Holding your own keys is a responsibility as much as a right. Here is the checklist.
Bitcoin News
Why exchange prices differ from one another
There is no single Bitcoin price, and understanding why makes market data far easier to read.
Bitcoin News
The 21 million limit: what actually enforces it
The supply cap is not a promise. It is a rule that thousands of independent nodes check on every block.
Analysis
Reading a Bitcoin chart without fooling yourself
Charts describe the past precisely and the future not at all. Useful anyway — if you know what you are looking at.