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Bitcoin

What is Bitcoin?

Bitcoin is software that keeps a shared record of who can spend which coins — without a bank in the middle. Here is the mechanism, the limits, and the ways a headline turns that into something it is not.EasyCryptoGuides · 4 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Crypto Basics

What is a cryptocurrency?

Cryptocurrency is an entry on a public ledger that you can move if you hold the matching keys. That one sentence explains most of the wonder and most of the ways people get hurt.EasyCryptoGuides · 1 Aug 2026 · 4 min read

Wallets

How crypto wallets actually work

If you remember one idea, make it this: the network holds the coins. Your wallet holds the keys. That distinction explains most of the fear, the scams, and the recovery phrases.EasyCryptoGuides · 3 Aug 2026 · 4 min read

Exchanges

How buying crypto actually works

Buying cryptocurrency is usually buying from a company, then optionally taking the keys. Confusing those two steps is how people think they “own Bitcoin” when they own a balance in an app.EasyCryptoGuides · 14 Aug 2026 · 3 min read

Wallets

What is a Bitcoin wallet?

The 2019 page compared a wallet to email. That metaphor teaches the wrong lesson. Here is the version we still stand behind.EasyCryptoGuides · 13 Feb 2019 · 4 min read

Security

What is cold storage?

Cold storage means the signing keys stay offline. It is a practice, not a product name, and it does not forgive a bad backup.EasyCryptoGuides · 6 Mar 2019 · 3 min read

Words in this topic

• BitcoinA scarce digital asset on a public ledger, with rules no single company can rewrite on a whim.

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• Bitcoin and Ethereum in plain languageSame family of idea, different jobs. A price candle does not tell you which.

Latest Bitcoin news

Security

BTCPay says old servers were drained. A self-hosted wallet is still a hot wallet.

BTCPay’s 2 November blog says bitcoin and litecoin were taken from hot wallets on version 2.4.1 and older. That is the flaw fixed in 2.4.2, used another way. An old server needs a fresh machine and a new wallet.EasyCryptoGuides · 2 Nov 2026, 07:00 UTC · 4 min read

Security

Mercado Bitcoin says customers will not lose. The hot wallet did.

Mercado Bitcoin’s site is open for looking. Crypto quantities on screen are the 2 November positions. Withdrawals, deposits, and trading are still off. The FAQ no longer states the dollar total.EasyCryptoGuides · 2 Nov 2026, 06:00 UTC · 7 min read

Security

b14g says 97 million CORE left its staking contracts. The bitcoin stayed locked.

At 09:29 UTC on 31 October 2026 about 97 million CORE staked through b14g was withdrawn without permission. A later post says the recovered pile goes back within five to seven days, about 70% of each stake. The rest is a promise against future revenue.EasyCryptoGuides · 31 Oct 2026, 16:00 UTC · 7 min read

Related reviews

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Modern software wallet (category)

★★★★☆ Score 3.8 of 5. 3.8Fine for small balances and learning, if you practise recovery and treat every signature as real. Not a substitute for a hardware device once the number would ruin your month.EasyCryptoGuides · 6 Aug 2026

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Major centralised exchange (category)

★★★★☆ Score 3.5 of 5. 3.5A reasonable on-ramp if you use withdrawals, enable real two-factor authentication, and never store more than you are willing to treat as a balance at a private company. The marketing is louder than the account agreement.EasyCryptoGuides · 4 Aug 2026

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Blockchain.com

★★★☆☆ Score 3.3 of 5. 3.3The explorer is a public lookup tool. The wallet and exchange are company products. Use the name carefully, enable real two-factor authentication, and do not treat a web login as cold storage.EasyCryptoGuides · 23 Apr 2020