Journey | LearnBitcoin<br>01

Why Money Is Broken

Inflation isn't a force of nature. It's a policy. Once you see how fiat actually works, Bitcoin stops looking strange.

~22 min

02

What Bitcoin Actually Is

Not a stock. Not a company. Not a payment app. Bitcoin is a new kind of money - and the difference matters.

~25 min

03

How Bitcoin Works

Blocks, transactions, mining, fees, UTXOs. The machinery, demystified, without skipping the parts that matter.

~30 min

04

Be Your Own Bank

If your keys live on an exchange, you don't own Bitcoin. You own an IOU. This chapter teaches you to own actual Bitcoin.

~35 min

05

Using Bitcoin

On-chain transactions, fees in practice, Lightning basics. Now that you have it, here's how to actually use it.

~30 min

06

Sovereignty

Run your own node. Use multisig. Lock down your op-sec. Graduation: you don't ask anyone for permission to use Bitcoin.

~45 min

Coming in from somewhere else?<br>If you already self-custody and just want to learn nodes, jump to<br>chapter 6. If you already get fiat and just want to understand Bitcoin,<br>start at chapter 2. The order is the recommendation; it isn't a<br>requirement.

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