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Bitcoin
Bitcoin is the world's first cryptocurrency, created in 2008 by the mysterious genius called Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin has a limited total supply and the strongest community. With its price going all the way up to where it is today, Bitcoin is more and more seen as modern society’s "digital gold".
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Beginner
What Is Crypto Mining?
Crypto mining is the process of generating new coins and adding blocks of transactions to the blockchain via a network of computers using a consensus algorithm.
Feb 06, 2023
Intermediate
What Is Proof of Reserves?
Proof of Reserves is a review of balances held by a crypto exchange or any other financial institution to verify the company’s actual asset holdings.
Jan 31, 2023
Beginner
What Is Tulip Mania?
Originating during the Dutch Golden Age Holland, Tulip mania is a term used to refer to a financial period that was marked by a dramatic market bubble and crash
Jan 27, 2023
Beginner
What Are Coin Mixers and How Do They Work?
A coin mixer is a service in the crypto industry that ultimately seeks to anonymize crypto transactions, between users involved in sending and receiving funds.
Jan 25, 2023
Beginner
What is Bitcoin Maximalism?
Bitcoin maximalism is an ideology that believes in the supremacy of Bitcoin. Maximalists have extreme views surrounding Bitcoin and its use cases.
Jan 24, 2023
Advanced
What Is Taproot Upgrade?
The Taproot Upgrade is a recent network upgrade that improved the scalability, privacy, and efficiency of the Bitcoin network.
Jan 24, 2023
Intermediate
What Is the Rainbow Chart?
The Bitcoin Rainbow Chart is an indicator largely used by Bitcoin enthusiasts and shows its price evolution over time with the possible mood of the investors.
Jan 23, 2023
Beginner
Bitcoin vs. Gold
Both bitcoin and gold are considered to be a store of value, even though bitcoin has some superior characteristics compared to the metal.
Jan 20, 2023
Intermediate
What Is the Bitcoin Lightning Network?
The Bitcoin Lightning Network is a second-layer protocol that operates on top of the Bitcoin blockchain. It enables fast and cheap off-chain transactions.
Jan 19, 2023
Intermediate
What Is the Bitcoin Mempool?
The Bitcoin mempool is the pool of unconfirmed transactions on the Bitcoin network, where they wait to be picked up by a miner and included in the next block.
Jan 19, 2023
Beginner
What Is the Bitcoin Stock-to-Flow Model?
The Bitcoin Stock-To-Flow model is a prediction model that studies the existing supply of bitcoin and the rate at which new units of bitcoin are produced.
Jan 18, 2023
Beginner
What is Celo (CELO)?
Celo is a blockchain ecosystem focused on increasing crypto adoption among smartphone users.
Jan 17, 2023
Beginner
What Is Bitcoin Halving and Why Is It Important?
Bitcoin halving reduces the number of bitcoin that miners receive for validating transactions on the network. This occurs after every 210,000 blocks.
Jan 16, 2023
Beginner
What Is Cryptography?
Transforming data into the encrypted form and using key/codes to decrypt the data
Jan 16, 2023
Beginner
What Is a Bitcoin ETF?
BTC exchange traded funds (ETFs) are regulated assets traded in traditional financial institutions such as stock exchanges. They expose BTC to many investors.
Jan 12, 2023
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