Crypto and DeFi, explained for beginners.
Guides for how things work. Field notes for how I learned them. No moon emojis, no 100x promises — just plain maps of the confusing stuff.
Brand new? Start with the five-step roadmap before diving into guides or field notes.
Start here →How to buy your first crypto
A straight guide to regulated exchanges, identity verification, and completing your first purchase safely.
How hardware wallets work
What a hardware wallet does, when you need one, and how to set one up without losing your recovery phrase.
How staking works
What proof-of-stake staking is, how rewards are paid, and the main risks to understand before locking up tokens.
Field notes
Personal write-ups — what I learned, how I learned it, and the mistakes in between.
All field notes →I moved my coins and had no idea what happened.
A complete beginner's map of one confusing afternoon on Hyperliquid — and the two machines quietly hiding behind the word "trade."
My stETH was worth less than ETH and nobody warned me.
Liquid staking tokens are sold as "basically ETH" until they aren't — what an LST depeg is and why it shows up when things break.
Yield farming — the slot machine wearing a spreadsheet.
Liquidity pools, reward tokens, impermanent loss, and why the APY on screen is always the best-case story.
Choosing a platform? Compare exchanges, staking options, and hardware wallets — no referral links.
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