Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency that operates on a peer-to-peer network without intermediaries.

For model-specific terms used throughout this documentation set, use the canonical Glossary.

Bitcoin Resources List

Fundamentals

• Bitcoin Whitepaper (Nakamoto)
• Mastering Bitcoin (free online)
• Learn Me a Bitcoin

Dashboards and Data

• mempool.space (explorer/mempool)
• Clark Moody Bitcoin Dashboard
• Amboss (Lightning analytics)
• Coin Metrics Community Network (free data)
• Glassnode Studio (free tier)
• CoinGecko API (market data)

Research Institutes

• Bitcoin Policy Institute (think tank)
• Bitcoin Optech (newsletter, primers)
• Nakamoto Institute (essays/archives)
• MIT Digital Currency Initiative

Prerequisites

• None.

Next Step

Accumulation Strategies

Related Pages

• Documentation Hub
• Glossary
• Weight Computation
• Backtest Overview