Research & notes
Understanding before
trust.
Calm, well-sourced explanations for everyone who holds Bitcoin or is responsible for it – from the fundamentals to succession.
Series · 5 parts
Understanding Bitcoin
The fundamentals, calmly explained: what Bitcoin is, how it began, how it works – and the case for and against it.
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Bitcoin in five minutes
What Bitcoin is and what it is not – and why the keys decide everything.
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How Bitcoin began
A nine-page paper, an unknown inventor and a headline from the financial crisis.
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How Bitcoin works
Keys, transfer, verification, mining and confirmation in five steps.
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Bitcoin and energy: what is true and what is not
How much electricity Bitcoin uses, where it comes from and how to put it in context.
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Strengths and open questions
Eight established properties and the questions that remain open.
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Series · 2 parts
Complex topics, simply explained
Well-known Bitcoin models, clearly explained: how they work, what they are based on and where their limits lie.
Series · 4 articles
Custody and succession
How to hold Bitcoin so that it remains accessible in an emergency and to the next generation.
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Custody & Control
Five panels on control, verification and responsibility in each custody model.
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The Recovery Governance Gap
A will transfers authority – not the ability to recover a wallet.
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The Successor Has the Title. Can the System Recover?
Access, evidence, decision rights and rehearsed recovery.
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Verification Has Boundaries
Every green signal proves something specific – and nothing more.
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