Bitcoin Explained

Interactive guides for understanding Bitcoin — from basics to cryptography

Cryptography Deep Dives

🧒 Kids Edition
Ages 10+

Fun, colourful explanations using simple analogies like cake mixers, magic mailboxes, and growing trees. Perfect for introducing young learners to the concepts behind Bitcoin's security.

🎓 Young Adults Edition
Ages 16-25

Modern, real-world analogies like digital fingerprints, password managers, and the clock face problem. Introduces actual terminology and mathematics without being overwhelming.

💻 Technical Edition
Developers & Technical Audience

Comprehensive coverage including algorithm names, derivation formulas, BIP standards, and detailed explanations of the underlying cryptographic principles.

Transaction Mechanics

💰 UTXOs & Change

Why Bitcoin works like cash, not bank accounts. Interactive spending demo.

💸 Transaction Fees

How fees work, fee estimation, and why size matters more than amount.

🚏 The Mempool

Bitcoin's waiting room where transactions queue before being mined.

✅ Confirmations

Why we wait for confirmations and how finality works.

Mining & Network

⛏️ Mining as a Lottery

How proof-of-work actually functions. Interactive mining demo.

🖥️ Nodes vs Miners

Two different jobs that are often confused — and why running a node matters.

Supply & Economics

📊 21 Million & Halvings

Bitcoin's fixed supply and predictable emission schedule.

🔢 Satoshis & Divisibility

"Bitcoin is too expensive" — no, you can buy fractions. Interactive converter.

Wallets & Addresses

📬 Address Types

Why addresses look different (1..., 3..., bc1q..., bc1p...) and which to use.

🔐 Self-Custody

"Not your keys, not your coins" — why holding your own Bitcoin matters.

📝 Seed Phrases

12 or 24 words that ARE your Bitcoin — understand them completely.

Layer 2 & Scaling

⚡ Lightning Network

Bitcoin's "Layer 2" for instant, cheap payments. Interactive channel demo.