Crypto, explained simply
Original, beginner-friendly guides to help you understand cryptocurrency from the ground up — no jargon, no hype, and never financial advice. Pick a topic below to get started.
20 Crypto Terms Every Beginner Should Know
A friendly glossary of 20 essential crypto terms — from blockchain and wallet to gas, stablecoin, HODL, and market cap — explained simply.
Read guideHow to Read a Cryptocurrency Price Chart
Learn to read crypto price charts: timeframes, line vs candlestick charts, how to read a candle, volume, and common beginner mistakes.
Read guideHow to Track a Crypto Portfolio and Calculate Profit & Loss
Learn to track a crypto portfolio: cost basis, profit and loss, realized vs unrealized gains, percentage returns, and practical tips.
Read guideMarket Cap vs Trading Volume in Crypto: What’s the Difference?
Market cap and trading volume measure very different things. Learn what each one tells you, why both matter, and common misconceptions.
Read guideWhat Is Avalanche (AVAX)? A Beginner’s Guide
A beginner’s guide to Avalanche: its three built-in chains, customizable subnets, near-instant finality, and what the AVAX coin is used for.
Read guideWhat Is Bitcoin? A Complete Beginner’s Guide
A plain-English introduction to Bitcoin: what it is, how the blockchain works, where new coins come from, and what beginners should know.
Read guideWhat Is Bitcoin Cash (BCH)? A Beginner’s Guide
A beginner’s guide to Bitcoin Cash (BCH): the 2017 fork from Bitcoin, why it uses larger blocks, its focus on low-fee payments, and how it differs from BTC.
Read guideWhat Is BNB (BNB)? A Beginner’s Guide
A plain-English guide to BNB: the BNB Chain, its link to Binance, trading-fee discounts, and how the ongoing BNB coin burns work.
Read guideWhat Is Cardano (ADA)? A Beginner’s Guide
A beginner’s guide to Cardano: its research-driven, peer-reviewed approach, the Ouroboros proof-of-stake protocol, ADA staking, and Plutus contracts.
Read guideWhat Is Chainlink (LINK)? A Beginner’s Guide
A beginner’s guide to Chainlink (LINK): how decentralized oracles feed real-world data to smart contracts, what LINK does, and the CCIP cross-chain protocol.
Read guideWhat Is Cosmos (ATOM)? A Beginner’s Guide
A beginner’s guide to Cosmos, the “Internet of Blockchains”: how Tendermint, the Cosmos SDK, and IBC let independent app-chains connect, plus what ATOM does.
Read guideWhat Is Dogecoin (DOGE)? A Beginner’s Guide
A beginner’s guide to Dogecoin (DOGE): its Shiba Inu meme origins, how the coin works, its unlimited inflationary supply, and its tipping culture.
Read guideWhat Is Ethereum and How Does It Work?
Understand Ethereum in plain English: smart contracts, Ether, gas fees, proof of stake, and how it differs from Bitcoin.
Read guideWhat Is Ethereum Classic (ETC)? A Beginner’s Guide
A beginner’s guide to Ethereum Classic (ETC): the original Ethereum chain that survived the DAO fork, its “code is law” ideal, proof of work, and capped supply.
Read guideWhat Is Internet Computer (ICP)? A Beginner’s Guide
A plain-English guide to the Internet Computer (ICP): DFINITY’s vision of hosting web apps fully on-chain using canisters, chain-key cryptography, and reverse gas.
Read guideWhat Is Litecoin (LTC)? A Beginner’s Guide
A beginner’s guide to Litecoin (LTC), the “silver to Bitcoin’s gold”: faster blocks, the Scrypt algorithm, its 84 million supply, and its role in payments.
Read guideWhat Is Polkadot (DOT)? A Beginner’s Guide
A beginner’s guide to Polkadot: the relay chain, parachains, cross-chain interoperability, the Substrate framework, and what the DOT coin does.
Read guideWhat Is Polygon (MATIC/POL)? A Beginner’s Guide
A beginner’s guide to Polygon: how it scales Ethereum with low fees, how its proof-of-stake network works, and the MATIC to POL token rebrand.
Read guideWhat Is Solana (SOL)? A Beginner’s Guide
A beginner’s guide to Solana: high throughput, Proof of History, very low fees, its fast-growing ecosystem, and a balanced look at past outages.
Read guideWhat Is Stellar (XLM)? A Beginner’s Guide
A beginner’s guide to Stellar (XLM): a network built for fast, low-cost cross-border payments and remittances, using anchors, its own consensus, and the Lumen token.
Read guideWhat Is Toncoin (TON)? A Beginner’s Guide
A beginner’s guide to Toncoin (TON): The Open Network’s Telegram origins, how its fast proof-of-stake chain works, and Telegram mini-apps.
Read guideWhat Is TRON (TRX)? A Beginner’s Guide
A beginner’s guide to TRON (TRX): its focus on content and entertainment, why so many stablecoins move on it, and how its delegated proof-of-stake network works.
Read guideWhat Is Uniswap (UNI)? A Beginner’s Guide
A beginner’s guide to Uniswap (UNI): how this decentralized exchange swaps tokens using automated market makers, liquidity pools, and UNI governance.
Read guideWhat Is XRP (XRP)? A Beginner’s Guide
Understand XRP in plain English: the XRP Ledger, Ripple, cross-border payments, its unusual consensus, and the SEC case explained neutrally.
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