Short guides

Guides

Choose your path.

For everyone

Understand

Bitcoin ideas explained from the ground up, five minutes at a time.

What is a hash?

A digital fingerprint that turns any input into a fixed-length string. Type something and watch it change.

First step · 5 min

Who holds the keys?

Wallets, private keys, and recovery phrases: what you control and what someone else controls.

First step · 5 min · In preparation
Coming soon
For developers

Build

Inside Bitcoin: nodes, transactions, Script, and your first open-source contribution.

Your first regtest node

Run Bitcoin Core on a local network, mine your own blocks, and send your first transaction.

Intermediate · 15 min · In preparation
Coming soon

Anatomy of a transaction

Inputs, outputs, and signatures, read byte by byte from a real transaction.

Intermediate · 10 min · In preparation
Coming soon

Your first open-source contribution

How to choose a Bitcoin project, read its contribution guide, and open your first pull request.

Beginner · 10 min · In preparation
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For educators

Teach

Activities, scripts, and materials to bring Bitcoin into your classroom or community.

The hash game, with pen and paper

A 20-minute group activity to understand hashes without a computer.

Activity · 20 min · In preparation
Coming soon

Explaining inflation beyond prices

A script to show how savings lose purchasing power, with examples from everyday life.

Script · 10 min · In preparation
Coming soon