Bitcoin

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Companies

Bakkt’s bitcoin futures are an exchange product, not a new bitcoin

Daily and monthly contracts, cleared at ICE Clear US, delivering bitcoin held at Bakkt Trust. CME’s 2017 cash-settled futures are a different wrapper. Institutional plumbing is still a company.EasyCryptoGuides · 23 Sept 2019, 00:00 UTC · 1 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

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

Markets

The 2018 winter was a print, not a funeral

CoinDesk’s index printed about $3,122 that day; daily closes sat near $3,200. That is weather after a fundraising boom. It is not a protocol halt, and it is not advice.EasyCryptoGuides · 15 Dec 2018, 18:00 UTC · 1 min read