Knowledge base

What is cryptocurrency?

Learn what cryptocurrency is, what you can do with it & why it has value. Learn about Bitcoin & sound money.

Bitcoin, scarcity & trust in money

Learn why scarcity and trust are crucial to money having value; discover why modern money isn’t scarce and how Bitcoin is.

How Bitcoin works

Learn how Bitcoin achieves sound money and trust, through a combination of cryptography and economic incentive. Find out what bitcoin mining is, and how it works,

Bitcoin's limitations

Learn how Bitcoin's design compromises speed for decentralisation creating limitations on low value transactions. Find out how layer two solutions can solve this issue.

A fork in the road

Learn what a ‘fork’ is; how they occur when people disagree about the ways to develop and improve cryptocurrencies.

Building on top of Bitcoin

Learn how building a second layer on top of Bitcoin is the key to its use for everyday money. Find out how layer two solutions like the Lightning Network function.

What is Ethereum

What does Ethereum do, how it differs from Bitcoin & the new crypto economies it has enabled.

What is a Stablecoin?

Learn what a Stablecoin is, the problem they solve & how governments are now trying to create their own versions.

What is a Blockchain

What are the unique characteristics of a blockchain? What are the problems they solve & how do they do it?

What Are Decentralised Crypto Exchanges? DEX Explained

Learn about a decentralised exchange (DEX) and how it works, the advantages and disadvantages over a centralised exchange (CEX) and why DEXs are important

AMM Explained: Automated Market Makers & How They Work

Learn about automated market makers or AMMs that let you trade crypto without intermediaries, combining Smart Contracts and incentives for liquidity provision.

What Are Wrapped Crypto Tokens?

Learn about wrapped crypto tokens and how they work, and the risks associated with using them.

Measuring crypto adoption

If crypto is so great how can you measure its success? Learn the key metrics for measuring crypto usage and adoption along a framework for assessing them.

What are Tokenomics?

Learn the standard set of metrics that Tokenomics uses to interpret cryptocurrency supply schedules and coin distribution to help determine value.

What are Wrapped Tokens & how do they work?

Learn about wrapped Bitcoin, why it has a very similar but not identical value to Bitcoin, and why the concept of tokenisation so important.

Crypto's new frontiers

What is the next big thing in crypto? Discover the new crypto economies that are emerging & how they might impact your life.

What are Blockchain Bridges & how do they work?

Learn about Block Bridges, what role they play in the crypto data storage, and why they're important.

What is an Oracle in Blockchain?

Learn about oracles in crypto, how they work, oracle smart contract applications and the blockchain oracle problem.

Earning crypto - risk vs reward

Learn how the crypto economy works, the different types of opportunity & how to decide which is right for you but measuring risk vs reward.

Faucets & the free crypto myth

Learn what a bitcoin faucet is, their history, how bitcoin faucet's work & why crypto is never really free.

Learning & earning

How you can earn crypto through watching educational videos? Why crypto uses the 'learn & earn' model.

Earning by promoting crypto

Learn how crypto has its own gig economy. An introduction to referral, bounty & affiliate schemes.

Working for crypto

Discover the opportunities to earn crypto from micro-tasking, freelance & full time employment. What skills are in demand.

Stacking Sats: DCA & hodling

How to earn crypto from prudent investment strategies. Learn what the term stacking sats mean, how to dollar cost average and the meaning of hodl.

Earning passive interest

Learn how you can earn interest on your crypto. Understand the difference between CEFI & DEFI.

Earning from owning

How just by being a crypto user you unlock earning opportunities. Introducing the concept of the Airdrop.

ICOs & early stage investment

What is an ICO, how they work & have evolved? What are the other ways to invest in crypto start-ups.

What is Staking? Earning Rewards and Minimising Risks of Staking

Learn about how people are earning rewards from staking cryptocurrency, its role in securing blockchains, and the risks associated with staking.

What Are the Best Crypto Staking Sites? A Comparison of 5 Popular Places to Stake Your Crypto

Learn about how staking crypto at exchanges is easier than direct crypto staking and 5 popular exchanges where you can stake crypto assets.

Earning from DEFI

What exactly is DEFI, what are the opportunities to earn crypto & what are the risks?

Unwrapping NFTs

What is an NFT, how do they work & do they represent a good opportunity to earn crypto?

What is DEFI automated borrowing & lending?

Learn about how people are using decentralised finance or DEFI to automate borrowing crypto at attractive rates or to lend crypto for interest.

Earning from mining crypto

How crypto mining works, the rewards & restrictions. Is DIY mining a viable option? What are the alternatives.

Earning from Trading

Understand what is involved in trading cryptocurrency. Different strategies & the associated risks.

How to earn from Contango

How to earn a premium on bitcoin from hedging spot prices against futures.

What is Yield Farming?

What opportunities within DEFI does Yield Farming provide for generating a return on cryptocurrency investments?

What are token standards?

What role do token standards play in offering value different cryptocurrencies? And how has this concept been used even before cryptocurrency was around?

What are the risks of DEFI?

DEFI makes financial services easy to access than ever before. but what the drawbacks?

What is cryptocurrency trading?

Learn what cryptocurrency trading involves & the concept of risk. Understand the difference between Technical & Fundamental Analysis and the level of commitment required.

Where do crypto prices come from?

Learn how exchanges work, how price is formed, the idea of price discovery & the influence of volatility.

What are crypto price charts?

Understand the information crypto price charts provide &. how to interpret it. Learn about Candlesticks.

Understanding crypto trading volume

Learn what the volume of trading can tell you about crypto price. Find out about some of the popular volume based technical indicators.

What is Technical Analysis?

Understand what Technical Analysis means & learn about some of the most common Technical Indicators.

Leading & lagging indicators

Understand the difference between Leading & Lagging indicators, what they tell you & common examples of each.

What is Fundamental Analysis?

Understand what Fundamental Analysis is, how it relates to investing rather than trading; Learn some common approaches.

Simple trading strategies

Learn about the simple trading strategies suitable for beginners, including Dollar Cost Averaging aka DCA.

Active trading strategies

Understand the common types of active trading strategy. Learn how to structure a potential trade.

What are the risks of using a decentralised exchange (DEX) vs a centralised exchange (CEX)?

How to place a trade?

Understand the process for placing your first trade and the trade-off between simplicity, precision and commission.

How to read crypto trading charts & patterns

Learn how to read crypto price charts & interpret common patterns.

Trading with Leverage

Understand what trading with leverage means & why it should only be considered by experienced traders.

What are Smart Contracts?

Discover the world of Smart Contracts, how they work, their benefits and drawbacks and how they can shape the future.

Security, Wallets & Keys

Learn how to securely store crypto but understanding about wallets & private keys.

Sending & Receiving Crypto

Learn how to set up a crypto wallet & the process for sending/receiving crypto.

Where you buy crypto

An introduction to crypto exchanges & how crypto is bought and sold.

How to buy crypto

Walking through the process of buying crypto for the first time.

Selling & Converting Crypto

Walking through the process of selling crypto for fiat, or converting to another cryptocurrency.

Exploring Transactions

Explore the anatomy of a Bitcoin transaction; understand exactly what information it contains & its relevance.

Security best practice

Understanding the responsibilities and risks of owning crypto. Learn the best practices for crypto security.

How & where to spend crypto

Discover where you can spend your crypto. Understand the process for buying goods and services with crypto and how to get a crypto backed debit or credit card.

Crypto banking - Get started with CEFI

Introduction to crypto banking & CEFI. How to earn interest on your crypto or take out a crypto loan.

Getting started with DEFI

Learn how to use DEFI platforms to generate active yields from your crypto. Understand the potential rewards as well as the risks involved.

What are the Risks of buying NFTs?

Learn about the legal and security risks of buying NFTs, and the pros and cons to owning them.

Your crypto footprint

Learn more about the transparency of public blockchains & the implications of using crypto. Learn the difference between anonymous and pseudonymous.

How to use the Lightning Network

Step-by-step guide for how to use the Lightning Network. Learn how to set up a wallet, create and fund payment channels, generate & pay lightning invoices.

How to use DEFI lending protocols

Understand what a Smart Contract is & how you interact with one. Learn about using Smart Contracts in DEFI.

How to run a node

Learn how to actively support a blockchain by running a node. Follow an example for how to run a Bitcoin Node and the software/hardware requirements.

A guide to paying tax on crypto

A guide to crypto taxation, looking at general guidelines & country-by-country crypto taxation rules.

How to use crypto tax services

How to use crypto tax services to help minimise the pain of accurately measuring potential tax liabilities from your crypto activities.

What is Bitcoin's architecture?

Understand Bitcoin's architecture as a monetary system and how it compares to fiat money. Learn its core functions, such as money creation and the role of different participants.

What role does a Bitcoin Full Node play

Learn the role that a Bitcoin Full Node plays in ensuring that the decentralised monetary system works and how you can run a Full Node.

What role does a Bitcoin Miner play

Learn the role that a Bitcoin Miner plays in ensuring that the decentralised monetary system works and how you can participate in Bitcoin mining.

What is Ethereum's architecture?

Learn the architecture of the Ethereum network, how it differs from Bitcoin, and why it is often described as the 'world's computer'.