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Start with the basics
Understand first. Decide second.
6 articles in this rubric.
White paper · 2008
Bitcoin Without Myths: What Satoshi Actually Proposed
How signatures, a peer network, proof of work and incentives combined to address double spending without a central verifier.
Read article ↗2009 → todayMining: from CPUs to an industry
How CPUs, GPUs and ASICs changed the network—and why mining is not effortless income.
Read article ↗Issuance · HalvingsWhy the limit is 21 million BTC
An inverted pyramid of issuance, a decreasing geometric series, and the network after the last subsidy.
Read article ↗Protocol · Every 2,016 blocksHow Bitcoin Finds Its Way Back to Ten Minutes
Why mining difficulty changes every 2,016 blocks and why ten minutes is a target, not a timetable.
Read article ↗Consensus · Accumulated work · 9 min readWhy the Longest Chain Is Not Always the Main Chain
How a node selects the valid history with the most accumulated work—and why block count alone cannot decide.
Read article ↗Comparison · Rules, not rankingsBitcoin, Ethereum, and Stablecoins: Same Screen, Different Promises
Why BTC, ETH, and a reserve-backed stablecoin cannot be honestly compared in one line: their rules, risks, and purposes differ.
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