# Bitcoin.now > Independent, English-language Bitcoin education, sourced market reports and read-only reference data. No trading, custody or wallet connections. Editorial policy: https://bitcoin.now/editorial-policy ## Learn - [What Is Bitcoin?](https://bitcoin.now/learn/what-is-bitcoin): A plain-English guide to the open monetary network, the asset called bitcoin and why the distinction matters. - [Bitcoin for Beginners: A Safe Learning Path](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-for-beginners): The concepts to learn, in order, before you buy, receive or secure your first sats. - [Who Is Satoshi Nakamoto?](https://bitcoin.now/learn/satoshi-nakamoto): What is known, what remains speculation and why Bitcoin was designed to outgrow its creator. - [The Bitcoin White Paper, Explained](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-whitepaper-guide): A section-by-section reading companion to the nine-page design published in 2008. - [Bitcoin vs Fiat Money](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-vs-fiat-money): Compare issuance, settlement and governance without pretending either system is one-dimensional. - [How Bitcoin Works](https://bitcoin.now/learn/how-bitcoin-works): Follow one transaction from a wallet to the mempool, a mined block and final verification. - [The Bitcoin Blockchain](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-blockchain): What the blockchain stores, why it is intentionally limited and how nodes agree on its history. - [Bitcoin Nodes: The Independent Rule Enforcers](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-nodes): What full nodes verify, what they do not do and why running one changes your trust model. - [Bitcoin Transactions, Inputs and Outputs](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-transactions): Understand UTXOs, change, signatures, fees and confirmations without reading source code. - [Bitcoin Supply and the Halving](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-supply-and-halving): How issuance approaches 21 million and what the four-year subsidy schedule does—and does not—guarantee. - [Bitcoin Wallets: A Complete Guide](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-wallets): Choose custody, software and backup methods based on the risks you actually face. - [Private Keys and Seed Phrases](https://bitcoin.now/learn/private-keys-and-seed-phrases): The secrets that control bitcoin, how backups derive many keys and which mistakes are irreversible. - [Hardware Wallets: What They Protect](https://bitcoin.now/learn/hardware-wallets): Understand secure signing devices, their limits and a safer setup ceremony. - [Bitcoin Self-Custody](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-self-custody): A practical decision framework for taking possession of your bitcoin without turning security into theater. - [Bitcoin Scams and Red Flags](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-scams): Recognize impersonation, fake returns, address substitution and recovery fraud before money moves. - [Bitcoin Mining: A Complete Guide](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-mining): How proof of work secures ordering, why miners compete and where revenue and costs come from. - [Proof of Work, Explained](https://bitcoin.now/learn/proof-of-work): Why Bitcoin deliberately attaches real-world cost to block production. - [Bitcoin Mining and Energy](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-mining-energy): A framework for evaluating electricity use, grid effects and competing environmental claims. - [Bitcoin Mining Pools](https://bitcoin.now/learn/mining-pools): Why miners pool hashrate, how payouts work and which centralization risks deserve attention. - [The Lightning Network](https://bitcoin.now/learn/lightning-network): How payment channels enable fast bitcoin transfers and which liquidity tradeoffs they introduce. - [How to Send Bitcoin Safely](https://bitcoin.now/learn/how-to-send-bitcoin): A verification-first checklist for on-chain and Lightning payments. - [Bitcoin Transaction Fees](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-fees): What you pay for, how fee rates work and when waiting or batching can reduce cost. - [Bitcoin Addresses and QR Codes](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-addresses): Formats, network checks, address reuse and the verification habits that prevent costly mistakes. - [Bitcoin Price: How the Market Works](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-price): Where a Bitcoin price comes from, why exchanges differ and what a chart leaves out. - [How to Buy Bitcoin](https://bitcoin.now/learn/how-to-buy-bitcoin): A neutral due-diligence path covering venue choice, fees, records and custody after purchase. - [Bitcoin Dollar-Cost Averaging](https://bitcoin.now/learn/dollar-cost-averaging-bitcoin): What recurring purchases can simplify, what they cannot fix and how fees alter the result. - [Spot Bitcoin ETFs](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-etfs): How exchange-traded exposure differs from owning bitcoin keys directly. - [Bitcoin Market Capitalization](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-market-cap): Use market cap as a comparative measure without mistaking it for money invested or available liquidity. - [Bitcoin Taxes: A Record-Keeping Guide](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-taxes): The records and transaction categories to organize before consulting current rules in your jurisdiction. - [Bitcoin Regulation: A Research Framework](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-regulation): How to separate rules for an asset, an activity and a service provider. - [Bitcoin Privacy](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-privacy): What a public ledger reveals and how ordinary wallet behavior can reduce unnecessary data leakage. - [Bitcoin vs Ethereum](https://bitcoin.now/learn/bitcoin-vs-ethereum): Compare monetary policy, execution, scaling and governance without reducing either network to a price chart. - [What Is Cryptocurrency?](https://bitcoin.now/learn/what-is-cryptocurrency): A taxonomy of blockchain-based assets—and why Bitcoin should not be used as shorthand for every token. - [Stablecoins, Explained](https://bitcoin.now/learn/stablecoins): How fiat-backed, crypto-backed and algorithmic designs pursue price stability with different risks. - [DeFi, Explained](https://bitcoin.now/learn/defi-explained): What decentralized finance protocols automate and where smart-contract, oracle and governance risk enters. - [USD vs USDT in Crypto Markets](https://bitcoin.now/learn/usd-vs-usdt): Why a cash U.S.-dollar market and a Tether-quoted market can look similar without being the same instrument or risk. ## Tools and data - [Live Bitcoin price (multi-venue USD reference)](https://bitcoin.now/bitcoin-price) - [Mempool explorer and fee calculator](https://bitcoin.now/bitcoin-fees) - [Satoshi calculator](https://bitcoin.now/satoshi-calculator) - [Supply and halving explorer](https://bitcoin.now/bitcoin-supply) - [Bitcoin and crypto converter](https://bitcoin.now/converter) - [All tools](https://bitcoin.now/tools) - [Bitcoin treasury filing tracker (SEC EDGAR)](https://bitcoin.now/reports/bitcoin-treasuries) - [Spot Bitcoin ETF tracker](https://bitcoin.now/tools/bitcoin-etf-tracker) - [Mining energy research (EIA)](https://bitcoin.now/research/bitcoin-mining-energy) - [Market-data methodology](https://bitcoin.now/market-data-methodology) ## Reference - [Glossary](https://bitcoin.now/glossary) - [Market reports](https://bitcoin.now/news) - [RSS feed](https://bitcoin.now/feed.xml) - [Sitemap](https://bitcoin.now/sitemap.xml)