READING PATH / 01
I’m learning the basics
Start with what you own, then separate network rules from the products built around them.
BLOCK DUE DILIGENCE / THE RESOURCE EDITION
Inspect the claim.
Follow the risk.
Bitcoin is a network. A token is not a company. A balance is not a recovery plan. Learn the distinctions that change the question.
Find your starting point ↗132 research entries20 new practical guides
CHOOSE YOUR NEXT QUESTION
Three ways in.
Read in sequence, or go straight to the question that brought you here.
READING PATH / 02
I already hold crypto
Trace signing authority, recovery dependencies and the destination of a transfer before looking at yield.
READING PATH / 03
I’m checking a claim
Identify the exact object, inspect the source and write down what the evidence cannot establish.
NEW / PRACTICAL DUE DILIGENCE
From a concept
to a useful check.
- Custody / NEW PRACTICAL GUIDE
A watch-only wallet removes spending power, not privacy risk
A practical workflow for monitoring cold storage without handing every address and balance to an avoidable observer.
- Custody / NEW PRACTICAL GUIDE
Rehearse wallet recovery without turning the seed into a test input
A recovery drill should prove the backup while keeping its most dangerous secret off ordinary computers and websites.
- Custody / NEW PRACTICAL GUIDE
A seed backup may recover keys and still miss the wallet
Output descriptors preserve the script, path and account context that makes a set of keys usable across wallet software.
- Analysis / NEW PRACTICAL GUIDE
Read a block-explorer transaction without trusting its labels
A practical workflow for separating chain data, decoded guesses and explorer-added identity claims.
- Custody / NEW PRACTICAL GUIDE
Review a token allowance before signing it
Identify the spender, ceiling, duration and revocation path before an approval becomes durable authority.
- Analysis / NEW PRACTICAL GUIDE
Trace a proxy contract to its implementation and admin
Follow standard storage slots, upgrade events and control contracts instead of treating verified proxy code as the whole system.
INSIDE THE INTERFACE
Your wallet asks
a server a question.
The server choice is part of the privacy model. A source screenshot lets us point to the control; the guide examines the dependency.
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RESEARCH DESK
Calculate a fee.
Document a claim.
Use hypothetical arithmetic and a checklist that keeps unknowns visible. No connection to your wallet or account.
Open the tools →THE HISTORICAL RECORD
Read the original.
Keep the date attached.
Explore protocol changes, intermediary failures and the documents behind them. Older research is labelled separately from newly checked guides.
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