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Article What is an NFT? What is an NFT?

What you're really buying when you buy an NFT, where the image actually lives, and what the risks are.

Article What is a blockchain hard fork? What is a blockchain hard fork?

When a network splits in two and a new coin appears: hard forks explained through Bitcoin/Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum/Ethereum Classic.

Article Who are miners and validators in a blockchain? Who are miners and validators in a blockchain?

Who actually adds records to the network and gets rewarded for it: miners and validators in plain words.

Article What is a blockchain? What is a blockchain?

A ledger that can't be rewritten after the fact: how records stack into a chain of blocks and why it's so hard to fake.

Article What is cryptocurrency? What is cryptocurrency?

Digital money with no bank in the middle: who issues it and how, how it differs from the balance on your card, and what crypto actually is not.

Article What is consensus in a blockchain? What is consensus in a blockchain?

How thousands of strangers with no boss agree on which record is true: the network's consensus mechanisms in plain words.

Article What is crypto issuance? What is crypto issuance?

Where new coins come from and why some networks have a hard cap and others don't: what issuance is and why it matters to you.

Article What is a token in crypto? What is a token in crypto?

Not every coin is its own network. How a token differs from a network coin, on a plain analogy, and why the difference matters on your first purchase.