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Practical Guides15 March 2026 · 3 min

Why Self-Custody Is Not Optional

If bitcoin is held by a custodian, it is not really held. Here is the technical and philosophical case for taking custody of your own keys.

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Bitcoin as Money5 March 2026 · 4 min

The Lightning Network, Explained Without the Jargon

The Lightning Network is a payment network built on bitcoin. Two parties lock bitcoin into a shared channel and can then pay each other instantly, as often as they like, for tiny fees, settling on the bitcoin blockchain only when they close it. Payments route across channels, so you can pay people you have no channel with.

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