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How long does a bitcoin transaction take?

October 28, 2026

About ten minutes to the first confirmation and close to an hour to six. What sets the time and why a transfer gets stuck, measured over 1,008 blocks.

Bitcoin halving: what it is and when next

October 28, 2026

A halving cuts the new bitcoin per block in half every 210,000 blocks. When the next one comes and what it changes for miners, measured 28 October 2026.

What is Solana? How it works and fees

October 27, 2026

Solana is a fast blockchain with smart contracts, and SOL is its coin. How the network works, what a transfer costs and who runs it, measured 27 October 2026.

What are meme coins? A year in numbers

October 27, 2026

Meme coins are cryptocurrencies whose price rests on a joke and attention, not a product. Where they come from and how the 100 largest did in a year.

What is Ethereum? How it works and fees

October 25, 2026

Ethereum is a blockchain that runs smart contracts, with ether (ETH) as its coin. How it differs from bitcoin and what a transfer costs: 25 October 2026 data.

What is crypto mining? How it works

October 25, 2026

Crypto mining makes new blocks and coins with computing power. How it works, who finds bitcoin's blocks and what a terahash earns, measured 25 October 2026.

What is a stablecoin? Types and risks

October 24, 2026

A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency pegged to the dollar. The types, who can freeze them, and what our market snapshot of 24 October 2026 showed.

What are altcoins? Types and real data

October 24, 2026

Altcoins are all cryptocurrencies other than bitcoin. The main types, and what happened to the 100 largest in a year: our CoinGecko snapshot of 24 October 2026.

What is staking in crypto? Real yields

October 23, 2026

What is staking in crypto? Locking coins on a proof-of-stake network for a reward. What ETH and SOL staking really pays once new coin issuance is counted.

What is a smart contract? How it works

October 23, 2026

A smart contract is a blockchain program that runs by itself, the same for everyone. We read 50 Ethereum blocks and the USDT and USDC contracts.

What is a liquidity pool in crypto

October 20, 2026

A liquidity pool is a smart contract holding two tokens that a DEX trades against. How it sets the price, what it pays, and where the money is lost.

Is crypto anonymous? What others can see

October 20, 2026

Is crypto anonymous? Mostly not: it is pseudonymous. What each network shows, how fast addresses gather history, and which coins hide what.

What is slippage in crypto, in numbers

October 17, 2026

What is slippage in crypto? The gap between the price you see and the price you get. Measured on order books and a DEX, plus how far prices move in an hour.

What is a DEX? DEX vs CEX explained

October 17, 2026

What is a DEX? A crypto exchange run by a smart contract, with no account and no company holding your coins. How it differs from a CEX, and what a trade shows.

What is Zcash and how private is it

October 15, 2026

What is Zcash: a coin that can hide sender, receiver and amount, if users choose to. How much ZEC is shielded, a day of transactions, and the 2026 pool bug.

What are privacy coins and how they work

October 15, 2026

What are privacy coins: cryptocurrencies whose own chain hides the sender, the receiver or the amount. How they do it, what they are worth and what they miss.

Is Monero traceable? What the chain hides

October 15, 2026

Is Monero traceable? Its chain hides amounts, receivers and the real sender among 16. A day of blocks, and what still links people to their coins.

How to send crypto anonymously

October 15, 2026

How to send crypto anonymously: a transfer on a public chain is never hidden, but the links back to you can be cut. What gives senders away, and what helps.

What is DeFi and how does it work

October 14, 2026

What is DeFi: finance run by smart contracts, with no company in between. How much is locked in it, what an approval hands over, and how often it breaks.

What is Bitcoin and how does it work

October 14, 2026

What is Bitcoin: a network without a bank that adds a block about every ten minutes. How many coins exist, when the next halving lands, what a transfer costs.

Crypto scams: how to check them on-chain

October 14, 2026

Crypto scams often ask for USDT. Four common schemes, the pay-a-tax-to-withdraw trick, and how to check a TXID and the USDT blacklist yourself.

What is P2P in crypto and how it works

October 4, 2026

P2P in crypto is a trade with a person while the platform holds the coins as a deposit. How it works, who sets the price and the risks. Data of 4 October 2026.

What is cryptocurrency, in plain terms

October 4, 2026

Cryptocurrency is a ledger record that only the key holder can change. Who issues it, what anyone can see, and our market snapshot of 4 October 2026.

What is blockchain and what it shows

October 4, 2026

A blockchain is a shared ledger anyone can read. Three real transfers from 4 October 2026, on Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tron, and what each one reveals.

What is a hash in blockchain and crypto

October 4, 2026

A hash is a short, fixed-length fingerprint of data. On a real Bitcoin block from 4 October 2026 we show how it is computed and what a transaction hash reveals.

What is USDT and who controls it

October 1, 2026

USDT is a token from Tether, pegged to the dollar and issued on 14 networks. The issuer can freeze any address. Reserve and freeze figures for 2026.

What is USDC and who can freeze it

October 1, 2026

USDC is a dollar token issued by Circle on 38 networks, and Circle can freeze any address. Reserves, supply and freeze cases as of 1 October 2026.

TRC20 vs ERC20: which USDT network

October 1, 2026

TRC-20 and ERC-20 are token standards on Tron and Ethereum; USDT is a separate balance on each. Address formats and what a transfer cost on 1 October 2026.

Seized mixers: ChipMixer, CryptoMixer

September 30, 2026

What is actually at the addresses of the seized mixers today, measured on 30 September 2026 — and what the seizures proved about the promise to keep no logs.

Seed phrase safety: who asks for it

September 30, 2026

A seed phrase has no "check" operation. Any verification requires typing it in, and typing it in is the transfer of everything the wallet holds.

What is a wallet address and who sees it

September 29, 2026

What a wallet address is, where to find yours, and why it is safe to share but not private: anyone who has it can read your balance and your whole history.

Seed phrase vs private key, and xpub

September 29, 2026

A private key spends one address, a seed phrase regenerates all of them — and the third thing your wallet holds spends nothing but reads your entire history.

Hot wallet vs cold wallet: who can see

September 29, 2026

A hot wallet keeps your keys on a device that goes online, a cold wallet does not. That decides who can steal from you — and nothing about who can watch you.

Custodial vs non-custodial, and privacy

September 29, 2026

A custodial wallet means somebody else can take your coins. It also means your transfers stop being blockchain records, and that half is never explained.

Crypto tumbler vs mixer: any difference?

September 29, 2026

Crypto tumbler vs mixer: the two words mean the same thing. What prosecutors and regulators call it, which word came first, and what really differs.

Tornado Cash in 2026: status and phishing

September 21, 2026

Is Tornado Cash still working in 2026? Its contracts run and US sanctions are gone, but the tornado.cash domain no longer belongs to the project.

Crypto dusting attack: what to do

September 20, 2026

A crypto dusting attack sends coins you never asked for. What the dust can reveal, why spending it is the only mistake, and what to do about it.

Is Bitcoin traceable? How tracing works

September 16, 2026

Is Bitcoin traceable? Yes: every transaction is public. How chain analysis groups addresses, where a name gets attached and what the FBI and IRS have done.

What is CoinJoin and how does it work

September 15, 2026

What CoinJoin is, how one shared Bitcoin transaction blurs who paid whom, where it still runs in 2026 and what it leaves visible.

Best bitcoin mixer: how to choose one

September 14, 2026

How to choose the best bitcoin mixer: checks you can run on any service before you pay, from a signed promise to what it keeps about you.

How to use a bitcoin mixer, step by step

September 13, 2026

How to use a bitcoin mixer, step by step, on notrace.exchange: live since 12 September 2026, with two payout addresses, a delay on each and a signed letter.