FAQ
Is bitcoin the same as crypto?
“The Complete Bitcoin F.A.Q.” is a series for total beginners. Straight answers to real questions—no hype, no technical nonsense.
Sid Phrase
FAQ
What makes bitcoin different from money I already use?
“The Complete Bitcoin F.A.Q.” is a series for total beginners. Straight answers to real questions—no hype, no technical nonsense.
FAQ
Can someone just make another bitcoin and replace it?
“The Complete Bitcoin F.A.Q.” is a series for total beginners. Straight answers to real questions—no hype, no technical nonsense.
FAQ
Why does bitcoin have any value if someone made it up?
“The Complete Bitcoin F.A.Q.” is a series for total beginners. Straight answers to real questions—no hype, no technical nonsense.
FAQ
Who created bitcoin, and why?
“The Complete Bitcoin F.A.Q.” is a series for total beginners. Straight answers to real questions—no hype, no technical nonsense.
Bitcoin Reads
Bitcoin Reads: Gresham’s Law and the Housing Crisis (Broken Money by Lyn Alden)
The media claims there’s a housing shortage. But is that really true? We don’t have too few homes—we have too much money chasing them.
Unit Bias
Is a bitcoin a real coin?
“The Complete Bitcoin F.A.Q.” is a series for total beginners. Straight answers to real questions—no hype, no technical nonsense.
Cognitive Bias
The Curse of Knowledge: Smart Enough to Lose All Your Bitcoin
There’s a peculiar irony in Bitcoin security: the smarter you are, the more likely you are to lose your Bitcoin.
BTC This Week
The 99.8% Problem
If you’ve been stacking sats for years, congratulations—you are an early settler in the new monetary frontier.
Cognitive Bias
The Shirky Principle: Why Banks Finally Embrace Bitcoin
Banks are embracing crypto because they can't kill it.
BTC This Week
Self-Custody Is Too Hard—So Banks Will Hold Your Bitcoin
I had a realization that I’ve been trying to ignore: 99% of people will never self-custody Bitcoin the way it exists in 2025.
Cognitive Bias
“I Knew It All Along” – How Hindsight Bias Warps Bitcoin’s History
This is Hindsight Bias in action—the tendency to reinterpret the past and convince ourselves that an outcome was obvious, even when we originally believed the opposite.