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What you can do on bitcoinGuide
A calm place to learn Bitcoin from first principles, verify claims against live network data, and practise every concept in a safe simulation, with or without an account.
Overview
What can you do here?
- Read bilingual lessons, from first principles to critical questions, with sources for every claim.
- Watch live network data: block height, mempool and current fee estimates.
- Read the original Bitcoin whitepaper, explained section by section.
- Search the full glossary.
- Consult the safety, methodology and legal pages.
- Six Open Bitcoin Lab simulations on real network data: wallet, transaction building, proof of work, mempool, halving and node consensus.
- Quizzes per lesson and progress that is genuinely saved.
- Collect XP, eight levels, achievements and learning streaks.
- Opt-in leaderboard, nickname only.
- Personal savings goals, watch-only addresses, bookmarks and settings.
We never ask for your seed phrase or private keys. The labs never move real money, everything is educational.
Without an account
Start learning immediately
Structured lessons
Six learning paths take you from 'what is money?' to running a wallet, reading the mempool and judging Bitcoin's real limitations. Every lesson is public and free.
Real network metrics
Block height, mempool size, fee estimates and hashrate are pulled from independent explorers. Each number is labelled with its source and uncertainty.
The original, explained
Read every section of Satoshi's 2008 paper in plain language, with citations to the primary source and links back to the simulations.
Learning paths
7
beginner to advanced
Lessons
55
available now
Quiz questions
952
with sources
Glossary terms
26
in plain language
Open Bitcoin Lab
6
simulations
Right now
The network is moving
These figures come from real public Bitcoin infrastructure, not from marketing copy. Open the network page for the full picture.
Block height
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live
Mempool
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pending transactions
Fastest fee
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estimate
1 BTC in euro
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real price
1 BTC in dollars
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real price
Sats per €1
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divisibility
Typical transaction
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141 vB at fastest fee
Prices and fee estimates come live from mempool.space. We give no price predictions or investment advice.
With a free account
Make it personal
Creating an account unlocks simulations, progress tracking, achievements and an opt-in leaderboard. No wallet, seed phrase or private key is ever requested.
Six hands-on simulations
Build a transaction, mine a block, watch nodes reach consensus, step through halvings and compete for block space in the mempool. All with fictional data.
Track your journey
Completed lessons, lab completions, quiz scores, bookmarks and a learning streak give you one clear overview of how far you have come.
Leaderboard & goals
Compare your progress with other learners on an opt-in leaderboard, or set private savings goals and watch them grow.
Safety first
No real money, no real keys
bitcoinGuide will never ask for your seed phrase or private key. Simulations use fictional data, and live data is read-only from public sources.