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From the basics of sound money to its impact on freedom, energy, and human rights. A curated collection of the best resources to understand why Bitcoin matters.

What's the Problem?

What is Bitcoin?

Bitcoin is the best money humanity has seen. It's scarce, borderless, and controlled by no company, bank, or government. Launched in 2009 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, it's secured with energy, maintained by a global network of participants, and capped forever at 21 million coins.

Why Bitcoin?

  • Sound money — a fixed, predictable supply that can't be inflated nor manipulated
  • Decentralised — no single entity controls it; no one can arbitrarily freeze or seize it
  • Borderless — send value to anyone, anywhere, at any time
  • Censorship-resistant — open to everyone, banned for no one
  • Self-custodial — hold your own keys and be your own bank
  • Verifiable — anyone can check the rules; no one can change them unilaterally

Getting Started

  1. Learn first — understand the basics, and invest the time to learn self-custody best practices
  2. Get a wallet — choose a self-custodial wallet for savings and back up your seed phrase offline
  3. Stack some sats — start small through a reputable exchange or peer-to-peer
  4. Withdraw to self-custody — not your keys, not your coins
  5. Keep verifying — don't trust, verify; stay curious and stay sovereign

Bitcoin Runners & Bitcoin

We believe sound money and sound health go hand in hand. Bitcoin rewards long-term thinking, discipline, and low time preference — the same qualities that make a runner. Lace up, stack sats, and join a global community proving that proof-of-work matters.

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Your first steps

Getting Started

Bitcoin Explorama — Interactive Learning

Bitcoin Explorama

How to Buy Bitcoin

bitcoin.rocks

How to Safely Store Your Bitcoin

bitcoin.rocks

Learn the Basics of Bitcoin

21 Days of Bitcoin

Going deeper

Receiving the Signal

A Look at the Lightning Network

Lyn Alden

finance business engineering

Bitcoin is Bringing Hope & Opportunity to South Africans

Quartz

human rights philosophy

Bitcoin Is the Greenest Industry on Earth

BitcoinIs.Green

mining engineering

Bitcoin is the Perfect Form of Property

YouTube

human rights philosophy

Bitcoin Miners Bringing Hydro Power to Rural Africa

CoinDesk

mining engineering

Bitcoin Mining Is Preventing Flared Gas from Polluting the Atmosphere

Texas A&M University

mining engineering

Bitcoin Mining is Stabilizing Energy Grids

Forbes

mining engineering

Bitcoin Offers Freedom from Political Repression

Fortune

human rights philosophy

Bitcoin vs Real Estate

bitcoin.rocks

human rights philosophy

Bitcoin vs Visa

bitcoin.rocks

finance business engineering

Bitcoin's Energy Usage Isn't a Problem. Here's Why.

Lyn Alden

mining engineering

Canadian Trucker Protest Raises Money in Bitcoin

Yahoo Finance

finance business

El Salvador's Bitcoin Wallet Could Save $400M in Remittance Fees

Blockworks

finance business engineering

Get Your Lightning Address

LightningAddress.com

finance business engineering

Geyser — Crowdfund with Bitcoin

Geyser

finance business

How Bitcoin Can Be a Game Changer for Black Americans

YouTube

human rights philosophy

How Bitcoin Enforces Human Rights

Anita Posch

human rights

How Bitcoin Incentivizes Renewable Energy

Daniel Batten

mining engineering

How Bitcoin Mining Is Reducing Global Methane Emissions

Daniel Batten

mining engineering

How Bitcoin Mining Saved a National Park

MIT Technology Review

mining engineering

How Bitcoin Powered the Largest Nigerian Protests in a Generation

TIME Magazine

finance business

How Bitcoin Stabilizes the Texas Power Grid

YouTube

mining engineering

Lightning News

privacy business engineering

The Silent Bitcoin Revolution of Africa

YouTube

human rights

Why Bitcoin Matters for Freedom

TIME Magazine

human rights philosophy

Why Does Bitcoin Use Energy?

BitcoinUses.Energy

mining engineering
Stories, art, and community

Culture

Bitcoin Party

DJ Rootzoll

OG Bitcoin Party Mix

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References and reading

Resources

Bitcoin 101

Bitcoin Policy United Kingdom

★ Featured

6 Reasons to Withdraw Your Bitcoin from Exchanges

Arman The Parman

finance

Bitcoin Doesn't Have Bank Runs

bitcoin.rocks

business finance engineering philosophy

Bitcoin Doesn't Have Inflation

bitcoin.rocks

business finance engineering philosophy

Bitcoin vs Bonds

bitcoin.rocks

business finance engineering philosophy

Bitcoin vs Cash

bitcoin.rocks

business finance engineering philosophy

Bitcoin vs CBDCs

bitcoin.rocks

business finance engineering philosophy

Bitcoin vs Crypto

bitcoin.rocks

business finance engineering philosophy

Bitcoin vs Gold

bitcoin.rocks

business finance engineering philosophy

Gold, Bitcoin, and Self-Custody

Lyn Alden

finance engineering
Apps, hardware, and utilities

Tools

Bitcoin Flow

Oren Oren

Visualize Bitcoin transactions as an interactive flow graph.

engineering

Compound Inflation Calculator

bitcoin.rocks

business finance

Zappool

Zappool Zappool

A proxy mining pool for small home miner devices, with Nostr integration

mining engineering

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