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Learn Bitcoin, then run your own.

Plain-English guides, self-hosting how-tos and a few tools. Start from zero, or jump straight to standing up your own node, signer and payments.

New to Bitcoin?

Start here

A short, plain-English primer on what Bitcoin actually is and why it works. No jargon, nothing to install, no prior knowledge assumed.

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Learn the basics

Longer reads once the primer has you curious.
Bitcoin Through New Eyes
Understanding digital money through science and story, for people who like the why as much as the how.
beginner
A Journey Through Time
Bitcoin from first principles, walked forward through history so each idea builds on the last.
beginner

Run your own

Hands-on guides for your own node, signer and payments. Some hardware helps, none of it is scary.
Bitcoin Pocket Node
What a pocket node is and how it works, walked through as a simple slide deck.
hands-on
Seed a node fast
Skip the long first sync by copying the chainstate, so a fresh node is usable in hours, not days.
hands-on
SeedSigner Touchscreen Build
A touchscreen fork of the open-source Bitcoin signer: tap-to-type seed entry, smartcard support, a flashable Pi Zero image.
hands-on
Accept payments privately
Run your own BTCPay Server for self-sovereign Bitcoin payments, with no third party in the middle.
hands-on

Go deeper

For when you want the numbers behind the story.
Build Your Own Bitcoin
An interactive halving and price model you can play with, from 2009 out to 2050.
technical
Diffusion Price Model
An interactive chart of a diffusion-based model for how Bitcoin's price spreads over time.
technical
The Framework Paper
The academic write-up behind the model, a multi-factor framework for Bitcoin price dynamics.
technical

Also on here

A couple of physics notes, unrelated to Bitcoin, kept around for anyone curious.
Informational Relativity
A short physics note.
pdf
Mass Hierarchy & Primordial Correlation
A short physics note.
pdf