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Plain guides to how Bitcoin and crypto work, how to buy, store and pay with them safely, and how trading really works. No app, no sign-up, nothing to sell.
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21 million
The most bitcoin that will ever exist, fixed in the code.
~10 min
The target time between new Bitcoin blocks.
210,000
Blocks between halvings, about every four years.
2009
The year the Bitcoin network started running.
The beginner path
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What Bitcoin and crypto are, who controls them, and why prices move so much.
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Where your crypto actually lives and how to stop anyone else from taking it.
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How to pick a platform you can trust and get your money in and out.
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What happens when you spend crypto, and what stablecoins really are.
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How orders, fees and leverage work, and why most retail traders lose money.
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The patterns behind fake trading robots, celebrity deepfakes and recovery scams.
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How trading works, what it costs and why most retail traders lose money. Plain guides to day trading, AI bots and risk, with sources.
How to buy and sell crypto without nasty surprises: licences, fees, withdrawal limits, Bitcoin ATMs and paying by card or PayPal.
How paying with crypto works: stablecoins like USDT, networks, fees, crypto cards and what to check before you send money.
Where your crypto really lives: wallets, seed phrases, hardware wallets and cold storage, and the mistakes that cost people their coins.
Fake trading robots, celebrity deepfakes and recovery scams: how crypto scams work, the warning signs and what to do if you paid.
Start here: what Bitcoin and crypto are, how they work, and the tax and rules that apply where you live.
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Did someone promise a fixed daily, weekly or monthly return?
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Did you first hear about it from a celebrity ad, a dating match or a stranger online?
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Glossary
Blockchain
A shared record of transactions that many computers keep in sync, so no single company controls it.
Blockchain: read the guideWallet
The app or device that holds the keys to your crypto. Whoever holds the keys controls the coins.
Wallet: read the guideSeed phrase
A list of 12 or 24 words that can restore your wallet. Anyone who has it can take your crypto.
Seed phrase: read the guideStablecoin
A token designed to keep a steady price, usually 1 US dollar, backed by reserves its issuer says it holds.
Stablecoin: read the guideExchange
A platform where you buy, sell and swap crypto. Check that it is licensed where you live.
Exchange: read the guideKYC
Know your customer: the identity checks a licensed platform must run before you can trade.
KYC: read the guideNetwork fee
What you pay the network to process a transaction. It changes with demand and differs by blockchain.
Network fee: read the guideHalving
The point every 210,000 Bitcoin blocks, about every four years, when the reward for new blocks is cut in half.
Halving: read the guideWhat AI trading apps and crypto bots can and cannot do, what they cost, the risks, and how to spot a fake "AI robot" before you sign up or pay.
What a crypto hardware wallet does, how Trezor and Ledger devices compare on neutral criteria, and how to buy and set one up without getting scammed.
How day trading works, what it costs, the 2026 US rule change and UK limits on crypto, and why fewer than 1% of day traders earn reliable profits.
How UK crypto tax works in 2026-27: the £3,000 allowance, 18% and 24% CGT rates, income tax on staking, reporting deadlines and new exchange reporting.
USDT is Tether, a stablecoin built to track the US dollar. What backs it, how it works, which network to use, and the US and UK rules as of 2026.
Can you buy crypto with PayPal? What the UK and US services offer, which coins, the fees and margin, wallet limits, protection gaps and tax to know.
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