Bitcoin Basics Help

What's the safest & most secure way to buy bitcoin btc privately? What payment methods do we recommend? How about KYC & OpSec best practices?

How does a bitcoin hardware wallet work behind the scenes? What is bitcoin private key management? What are the InfoSec (cybersecurity) & OpSec (privacy) best practices?

What is a VPN? Why should or shouldn't you use one? What is TOR? If you have bitcoin, should you use a VPN or TOR or both? Can you self-host?

To HODL #bitcoin is great but how to get #yield? How safe is exchange/third-party staking? #Tax? Can btc be used for collateral to buy other assets? What about plausible deniability for custody of my bitcoins? We answer more great questions from our amazing audience.

Andrew Howard joins us again to go beyond the financial freedom of bitcoin btc to achieving individual freedom in today's world.

With frozen bank accounts, confiscated funding campaigns, impending hyperinflation via CBDCs & requests to Bitcoin wallet providers, governments are highlighting problems with their own fiat currencies & the need for bitcoin btc as the only solution.

What is hashrate? How about proof work? Why is it so important to the Bitcoin network? We discuss the basics of bitcoin btc mining

Bitcoin & Markets update for 18 Feb, 2022. Canadian bank accounts frozen & a digital run on the banks? Creation of a cryptocurrency unit in the FBI? Everything is bullish!

Will Canada's Emergencies Act be the perfect 'crisis' to launch a central bank digital currency? How could a CDBC be launched? How do you wipe out debt? How does all this relate to Bitcoin BTC?

Bitcoin & Macro Markets for 24 Jan 2022. Welcome to Crypto Winter. Will indices follow & what to do next? $BTC targets? Also a look at the traditional markets

Why is Bitcoin so secure? What is proof of work? Do decentralization & open-source development help or hinder Bitcoin's security?

"What are Bitcoin fees and why are they needed? What's the cheapest way to withdraw BTC from an exchange? How to minimise transaction fees?"

Shone Anstey from LQwD: Bitcoin Lightning Network; LQwD as a Lightning (Liquidity) Service Provider; Bitcoin & Lightning adoption; FinTech ecosystem; fiat wars; and Breez #Bitcoin #Lightning #FinTech

Hermann Vivier from Bitcoin Ekasi shares his experiences working with marginalised youths in South Africa: surfing, empowering life skills, Bitcoin education, Bitcoin Lightning Network payments & becoming the next Bitcoin Beach

What is Tether (USDT) and why use it instead of USD? Is this cryptocurrency safe to use? Is the parent company Bitfinex actually solvent? What to use when not in Bitcoin BTC?

What's the significance of El Salvador using Bitcoin as legal tender? Can Bitcoin work as a method of payment or will it only be a store of value?

Why did Coinkite (Coldcard) change their open-source license? Does it even matter? What is open source-hardware? We compare Ledger, Trezor & Coldcard.

Jimmy Song (Bitcoin core contributor) drops in again to talk Bitcoin Taproot, Bitcoin programming, making money with altcoins but eventually losing your soul & money printing

The IMF does not love Bitcoin but why? A look into geopolitics, national sovereign currencies, debt, loans & how uncensorable unconfiscatable uncontrollable Bitcoin BTC is a threat to old money

Bitcoin & Markets for 2 November, 2021. A look back at Oct, forward to the rest of the year, Bitcoin dominance & why BTC is the best crypto investment.

In part 4, the last part, of our Bitcoin decentralization series we discuss who controls Bitcoin, who can make changes, game theory, incentives of the different stakeholders and the emerging decentralization of Bitcoin mining.

Bitcoin & Markets for 4 October, 2021. Bitcoin BTC highest close in 4 weeks & rallies in a risk off environment

Bitcoin & Markets for 27 September, 2021. Bitcoin BTC uptrend resuming? Why is the Bitcoin dominance index so low? We nailed the Uranium call!

Bitcoin Q+A joins us to talk Bitcoin privacy, why it's important, practical advice, tools & techniques. We also discuss the best Bitcoin hardware & software wallets, buying no-KYC bitcoin as well as InfoSec (cybersecurity) & OpSec (privacy) best practices.

Bitcoin BTC market update for 1 September, 2021. Where to next for Bitcoin and crypto markets?

Brian Harrington joins us again to talk Bitcoin IRAs, Bitcoin self-custody, Bitcoin adoption, buying KYC-free bitcoin & other bullish things.

Bitcoin BTC market update for 2 August, 2021. Bitcoin BTC blasted through our key levels at $35K. What's next?

Bitcoin BTC market update for 26 July, 2021. Buy signal in place for bitcoin, $30K held, potential break out & a look at other macro markets

Part 3 of 4. Why does the Bitcoin blockchain need to use blocks, nodes & mining hardware? How does bitcoin's decentralization remove the need for trust?

Part 2 of 4. Why does banking & finance require 3rd parties? How does proof of work & the bitcoin blockchain remove any need for 3rd parties? Why is bitcoin's decentralization an emergent property?

Why are there different types of bitcoin? KYC vs non-KYC bitcoin, tainted vs virgin bitcoin, self-custody vs paper bitcoin, etc.?

Is it possible to buy #bitcoin #btc anonymously? What personal data is leaked to the Bitcoin blockchain, mobile phone app, exchange, software wallet, hardware wallet or any phone provider?

It's July, 2021. Are we in a Bitcoin bull or bear market? Why? Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) vs Fear Of Losing Money (FOLM). How is Bitcoin doing compared to other assets like gold, stocks & commodities?

Bitcoin market update for 29 June, 2021. BTC death cross? Where to from here? What about bitcoin dominance, gold, silver & the USD?

Part 1 of 4. What exactly is decentralization? How about distributed systems? Real-world examples? Is the Bitcoin blockchain the 1st decentralized application?

What's the Bitcoin-Ethereum flippening? When will it occur? Should Bitcoin BTC HODLers also invest in Ethereum ETH?

What is a non-fungible token (NFT)? Why all the fuss? Are there Bitcoin NFTs? How would that even work?

A look at bitcoin BTC price for mid June, 2021. Are we still in a bull market? Dead cat bounce or resumption of a bull market?

What is a Bitcoin BTC hardware wallet? Why use them? How do they differ from desktop & mobile wallets? Which Bitcoin-only hardware wallet do we recommend?

We answer another fantastic audience question: how are changes to Bitcoin BTC made? Who does them? https://bitcoinbasics.help/ask your question!

We answer another audience question: will Hedera's Hashgrah (HBAR) ever supersede Bitcoin? What about other shitcoins (altcoins)?

A look at Bitcoin & crypto markets for late May 2021. What are key levels of support & resistance? Bitcoin dominance? Are we still in a bull market? Buy the dip or wait till next week?

Q) How can you recover bitcoin if you lose your bitcoin wallet & the manufacturer or developer disappears?

Can Bitcoin be fractionalised indefinitely? Does it need to? What are some of the alternative solutions available?

Is gold a shitcoin when compared to bitcoin btc? Is this traditional safe haven asset still relevant in 2021 especially as we enter a new credit cycle?

Besides investing in bitcoin, should I also invest in property, gold & commodities? We are entering a new secular bull market coinciding with the decline of the USD. What to do with your dirty fiat?

A look at the bitcoin btc, ethereum eth, gold, silver, commodities, USD & macro market trends for 26 April, 2021

Can Bitcoin be hacked? What about exchanges, wallets, quantum computing, 51% attacks, government backdoors, software bugs, encryption vulnerabilities and a nuclear holocaust?

Andrew Howard from Bitcoin Reserve on Bitcoin fundamentals, btc, gold, central banking, inflation, war, money as life or death, 2017 market comparison & everything in between. Bitcoin is The Great Reset.

A look at the bitcoin btc & macro markets for Mon 19 April, 2020: despite volatility, bitcoin bull trend still intact