# Educational websites and online resources > Source: https://timechain.wiki/wiki/educational-websites-and-online-resources · TimechainWiki, the Bitcoin encyclopedia. (sub-MOC · education) > Bitcoin educational platforms and online resources — websites, curricula, dashboards, reference sites, and online learning platforms. Distinct from the Canonical sources cluster, which catalogs evergreen finished works (books, papers, podcasts). Educational websites and online resources are *living* platforms — curricula, reference sites, dashboards, tools, news, communities — that supplement them. --- ## How to use this sub-MOC The section uses categorized subsections rather than a single flat list. Each subsection holds platforms that serve a distinct educational, reference, or operational purpose. The categories are: 1. **Introductions and single-topic explainers** — accessible first-encounter resources (videos, single-topic sites) for viewers new to Bitcoin 2. **Curriculum and structured learning** — platforms offering organized courses or learning programs 3. **Reference and protocol explainers** — sites providing reference material on protocol mechanics 4. **Data, charts, and dashboards** — visualization and on-chain analytical infrastructure 5. **News and analysis** — Bitcoin-aligned journalistic and analytical venues 6. **Community hubs** — forums, social platforms, and community infrastructure 7. **Tools and calculators** — practical tools for Bitcoin operations Categories are added inline as entries accumulate. **Learning-level categorization.** Resources are also annotated with a learning-level designation — **Introductory**, **Foundational**, or **Advanced** — to support readers choosing resources by depth rather than only by type. A single resource may span multiple levels (a multi-track curriculum platform typically does); the annotation captures the primary level or level-range each resource is calibrated for. See the "By learning level" section near the end of this sub-MOC for a level-organized view. - **Introductory** — accessible to viewers with no prior Bitcoin or financial-market background; first-encounter resources; short-form or single-topic register. - **Foundational** — assumes basic familiarity; develops the systematic case for Bitcoin through structured curriculum, longer-form essays, or multi-week programs. - **Advanced** — specialist depth in technical, protocol-development, mining-economics, or specialist financial-market dimensions; assumes substantial prior grounding. --- ## Introductions and single-topic explainers Single-resource accessible artifacts — videos, single-topic explainer sites, short-form treatments, standalone presentation talks — that engage specific topics in a focused, time-bounded format. Distinct from multi-week curriculum platforms (which span multiple tracks across multiple weeks) and from comprehensive reference platforms (which cover broad ground at depth). Includes both first-encounter introductory resources and foundational-level standalone explanatory artifacts. Each entry is annotated with its medium — _(video)_ or _(website)_ — so readers can choose by format as well as by topic. - [Sats vs Fiat](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/sats-vs-fiat.md) _(website)_ — **Level: Introductory.** Free, multilingual, charitable single-resource website created by [Joe Bryan](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/joe-bryan.md) (@SatmoJoe). Extends the centerpiece video with starter videos, recommended books, and open-source educational resources. "Fix the money, fix the world" framing. - [What's The Problem - Joe Bryan](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/what-s-the-problem-joe-bryan.md) _(video)_ — **Level: Introductory.** The centerpiece presentation-style video that develops the case for Bitcoin from first principles in a single time-bounded viewing. Created by [Joe Bryan](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/joe-bryan.md) as the principal artifact of the broader Sats vs Fiat project; suitable for direct sharing with a Bitcoin-curious person. - [How Money and Banking Work - Lyn Alden](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/how-money-and-banking-work-lyn-alden.md) _(video)_ — **Level: Foundational.** Lyn Alden's substantive standalone presentation video explaining the operational mechanics of the contemporary fiat-monetary and commercial-banking system, the structural reasons those mechanics produce monetary debasement, and the case for monetary alternatives. Functions as a complete-in-one-viewing companion to [Broken Money - Lyn Alden](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/broken-money-lyn-alden.md). - [BTC Sessions](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/btc-sessions.md) _(video)_ — **Level: Introductory → Foundational.** Ben Perrin's Bitcoin-only tutorial channel (since 2016): step-by-step, hands-on how-tos for wallets, nodes, hardware devices, and on-chain and Lightning transactions. The practical "now actually do it" companion to the case-making videos above — the self-custody how-to layer none of the others cover. Future candidates for this category: - [The Bullish Case for Bitcoin - Vijay Boyapati](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/the-bullish-case-for-bitcoin-vijay-boyapati.md)'s essay-and-book companion content (Boyapati has produced introductory-register content adjacent to the book) - Anita Posch's Bitcoin-for-Fairness explainer content - Other accessible single-topic Bitcoin explainer projects *Andreas Antonopoulos's introductory talks (aantonop) are homed on the [Andreas Antonopoulos](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/andreas-antonopoulos.md) thinker page and the [Mastering Bitcoin - Andreas Antonopoulos](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/mastering-bitcoin-andreas-antonopoulos.md) source page — referenced there rather than given a standalone §16 entry (no-resource-competition).* --- ## Curriculum and structured learning Platforms offering organized courses, learning programs, or structured curricula for Bitcoin education. - [PlanB Academy](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/planb-academy.md) — **Level: Introductory → Advanced** (spans all three across six tracks). Lugano-based learning platform directed by [Giacomo Zucco](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/giacomo-zucco.md); six tracks (Bitcoin, Security, Social Studies, Business, Protocol, Mining); free-tier-first with selected Premium offerings; institutionally backed through the Lugano Plan ₿ initiative. - [Looking Glass Education](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/looking-glass-education.md) — **Level: Introductory → Foundational** (Foundation Course is Introductory; Deep Dives essays are Foundational). Free-first, multilingual (nine languages), Bitcoin-only educational platform built by a six-person founding team ([Seb Bunney](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/seb-bunney.md) CEO, Daz Bea COO, [Greg Foss](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/greg-foss.md) Connection Builder, Max De Marco AV, Jason Sansone and [James Lavish](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/james-lavish.md) Content Writers). Bitcoin Foundation Course + Deep Dives essays + books imprint + CODL self-custody product; financial-literacy and financial-protection editorial center of gravity. - [Mi Primer Bitcoin](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/mi-primer-bitcoin.md) — **Level: Introductory → Foundational** (Bitcoin Diploma starts from no prior knowledge and develops foundational depth). Grassroots Bitcoin-education organization founded by [John Dennehy](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/john-dennehy.md) in El Salvador in August 2021. Bitcoin Diploma 10-week open-source curriculum; Independent Education Initiative (Node Network) reaching 50 nodes across 27 countries as of November 2024; first Bitcoin Diploma taught in a public school anywhere (April 2022, El Salvador); April 2025 strategic pivot to global-grassroots focus while open-source curriculum remains worldwide. - [Saylor Academy - Bitcoin for Everybody](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/saylor-academy-bitcoin-for-everybody.md) — **Level: Introductory.** Free, self-paced ~12-hour beginner course (course code PRDV151) hosted by Saylor Academy, the open-education foundation endowed by [Michael Saylor](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/michael-saylor.md). Carries a free certificate (1.2 CEUs); covers Bitcoin economics, investment, philosophy, history, and practical use. The certificate-bearing beginner on-ramp. - [Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies - Princeton](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-and-cryptocurrency-technologies-princeton.md) — **Level: Foundational → Advanced.** The canonical academic computer-science introduction — a free online textbook plus video-lecture course by Arvind Narayanan and colleagues (Princeton), used in 120+ university courses. The rigorous technical foundations (cryptography, consensus, mining, transaction mechanics); Bitcoin-centered, with one ecosystem-survey chapter noted as a scope caveat. For scope, strengths, audience-fit, and level coverage across the educational resources, see [Bitcoin educational platforms - Comparison](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-educational-platforms-comparison.md). Future candidates for this category (as evaluations accumulate): - Various university-hosted Bitcoin courses (NYU, Stanford engagements have varied over time) - The Bitcoin & Crypto Curriculum from various centers *(MIT OpenCourseWare's *Blockchain and Money* course — Gensler; blockchain-generalist — evaluated and dropped 2026-07-17: off the Bitcoin-only stance.)* These are placeholders; specific entries will be added as platforms are evaluated and added substantively. --- ## Essays, archives, and philosophy Primary-source archives and long-form essay collections that develop the intellectual and philosophical case for Bitcoin — distinct from structured courses and reference sites. - [Nakamoto Institute](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/nakamoto-institute.md) — **Level: Foundational → Advanced.** The canonical online archive of Bitcoin's intellectual foundations (nakamotoinstitute.org): The Complete Satoshi (Satoshi's writings and code), a Library of cypherpunk-and-freedom precursors, The Mempool essays, the annotated Crash Course, The Skeptics, and a Hal Finney tribute. Explicitly Bitcoin-maximalist in curation. - [21 Lessons](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/21-lessons.md) — **Level: Introductory → Foundational.** Gigi's reflective essay collection *What I've Learned from Falling Down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole* (21lessons.com; free online, plus translated, audio, and print editions) — twenty-one philosophical essays treating Bitcoin as a lens on money, time, energy, and meaning. The reflective-humanist end of the spectrum. - *Gradually, Then Suddenly* (Parker Lewis) — **Level: Introductory → Foundational.** The objection-by-objection essay series; homed on the [Parker Lewis](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/parker-lewis.md) thinker page and now also hosted at the [Nakamoto Institute](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/nakamoto-institute.md). Pointed to here rather than given a competing standalone entry (no-resource-competition). --- ## Reference and protocol explainers Sites providing reference material on Bitcoin protocol mechanics, technical specifications, and developer documentation. - [bitcoin.org](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-org.md) _(website)_ — **Level: Introductory → Foundational.** The original community-maintained reference and getting-started site — what-is-Bitcoin, how-it-works, a vendor-neutral wallet directory, full-node guidance, vocabulary, and a hosted copy of the [whitepaper](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/the-bitcoin-whitepaper-history.md). Domain registered before the whitepaper (18 Aug 2008) by [Satoshi Nakamoto](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/satoshi-nakamoto.md) and Martti Malmi; ownership later dispersed to keep any one party from controlling it. The neutral, non-commercial front door most other resources assume as background. - [developer.bitcoin.org](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/developer-bitcoin-org.md) _(website)_ — **Level: Foundational → Advanced.** The community-maintained Bitcoin developer documentation — Developer Guides (conceptual walkthroughs) plus a Reference layer (RPC surface, transaction/script formats, opcodes). The documentation hand-off from the conceptual [Technical foundations](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/technical-foundations.md) material to real implementation; the reference half of the builder track ([Base58](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/base58.md) and [Chaincode Labs](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/chaincode-labs.md) are the teaching half). - [Bitcoin Wiki](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-wiki.md) _(website)_ — **Level: Foundational → Advanced.** The original community-maintained encyclopedia (en.bitcoin.it) — a public MediaWiki open since December 2010, covering technical specifications, protocol mechanics, vocabulary, and how-to material, non-commercial and multilingual under a Creative Commons licence. The ecosystem's oldest broad look-up reference and a frequent upstream citation source, carrying its own explicit caveat that public-editable material may be stale or wrong — a reference to check *against*, not to trust blindly. - [Offchain Media](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/offchain-media.md) _(website)_ — **Level: Introductory → Foundational.** Online publication of single-topic explainer articles on Bitcoin's off-chain protocol stack — Lightning, Liquid, Ark, Spark, ecash, Taproot Assets, L402, Nostr — with recent revision dates and a trust-model-forward editorial posture (custody gray zones stated plainly rather than buried). The per-protocol hand-off resource for readers between the monetary case and developer documentation; article-by-article inventory and level annotations on the source page. - BIP reference (bips.dev; the bitcoin/bips repository) — **Level: Advanced.** The canonical index and full text of the [Bitcoin Improvement Proposals](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-improvement-proposals.md). Homed on the [Bitcoin Improvement Proposals](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-improvement-proposals.md) note (which treats the process and the load-bearing BIPs); pointed to here rather than given a competing standalone entry. - Jameson Lopp's Bitcoin Resources (bitcoinresources.com, formerly lopp.net) — **Level: Introductory → Advanced.** A comprehensive curated index of Bitcoin reference material, tools, wallets, and getting-started/security/node guides. Homed on the [Jameson Lopp](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/jameson-lopp.md) thinker page (§ "Bitcoin Resources at bitcoinresources.com"); pointed to here rather than given a competing standalone entry. Future candidates for this category: - lightning.network/spec (Lightning Network BOLT specifications) - Individual software documentation (Bitcoin Core, LND) — referenced from technical notes rather than catalogued here per the "What this area doesn't cover" boundary --- ## Technical and developer education Structured education for learners moving toward the technical and protocol-development side of Bitcoin — distinct from the reference sites above, which document rather than teach. - [Base58](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/base58.md) — **Level: Foundational → Advanced.** A Bitcoin protocol school (base58.school) offering online and in-person courses that go byte-by-byte through transactions, scripts, and the protocol primitives; founded by Lightning developer niftynei (Lisa Neigut). Flagship hands-on "Bitcoin at Work(shop)" format; accessible without prior development experience, yet genuinely deep. - [Chaincode Labs](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/chaincode-labs.md) — **Level: Advanced.** A New York research-and-development organization (chaincode.com) that funds Bitcoin open-source work and runs the mentored ₿OSS Challenge (learning.chaincode.com) — a cohort-based pipeline from capable programmer to working Bitcoin Open Source Software contributor. - [Bitcoin Optech](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-optech.md) — **Level: Advanced.** The technical newsletter and topics reference (bitcoinops.org) that summarizes Bitcoin protocol and engineering developments for a broad technical audience. Homed on its own source page (built with the [Development and governance](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/development-and-governance.md) area); pointed to here as the curated-summary layer that sits above the live [Delving Bitcoin](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/delving-bitcoin.md) discussion threads, rather than given a competing standalone entry. --- ## Data, charts, and dashboards Sites providing data visualization, market data, and broader Bitcoin data infrastructure — interactive tools that teach by letting a reader explore the live network directly. - [mempool.space](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/mempool-space.md) _(website)_ — **Level: Introductory → Advanced.** The Mempool Open Source Project — a self-hostable Bitcoin blockchain and mempool explorer focused on the transaction fee market and multi-layer ecosystem. Visualizes the live mempool as projected blocks, estimates fees, and covers mining and Lightning data; designed to run against one's own [node](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/running-a-full-node.md) "without any trusted third parties." - [Clark Moody Dashboard](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/clark-moody-dashboard.md) _(website)_ — **Level: Introductory → Foundational.** A free single-screen view of Bitcoin's key vitals — price, sats-per-dollar, market cap, all-time-high statistics, Bitcoin priced in gold, and network fundamentals (hashrate, difficulty, fees, Lightning). A fast at-a-glance orientation panel. The interpretive on-chain-analytics platforms ([Checkonchain](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/checkonchain.md), [On-Chain Mind](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/on-chain-mind.md)) are catalogued under "Specialist research and analytics" in the By-learning-level section and developed in the [On-chain analytics and market psychology](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/on-chain-analytics-and-market-psychology.md) section. Future candidates: - glassnode.com (premium on-chain analytics; James Check's former employer) - bitcoinvisuals.com (on-chain and network visualization) - coinkit and various open-source data tools --- ## News and analysis Bitcoin-aligned journalistic and analytical venues. - [Bitcoin Magazine](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-magazine.md) _(website)_ — **Level: Introductory → Foundational.** The oldest and most established Bitcoin-dedicated publication — the first devoted exclusively to Bitcoin (first issue May 2012; founded by Mihai Alisie and Vitalik Buterin, who left to create Ethereum; Bitcoin-focused since BTC Media's late-2014 acquisition). News, longer-form analysis, a print magazine, and the flagship annual *Bitcoin Conference* (Nashville). The Bitcoin-native news anchor, distinct from the broader-crypto outlets this section deliberately excludes; read as an advocacy-adjacent venue, not a neutral wire. The principal individual analysts are homed on their own thinker pages and surfaced here as pointers rather than competing standalone entries (no-resource-competition): - [Dylan LeClair](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/dylan-leclair.md) — macro and on-chain market analysis (newsletter/research) - [James Check](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/james-check.md) (Checkmate) — on-chain market analysis; see also [Checkonchain](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/checkonchain.md) - [Lyn Alden](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/lyn-alden.md) — macro and monetary analysis (newsletter); companion to [Broken Money - Lyn Alden](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/broken-money-lyn-alden.md) - [Saifedean Ammous](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/saifedean-ammous.md) — the Bitcoin Standard newsletter/podcast; companion to [The Bitcoin Standard - Saifedean Ammous](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/the-bitcoin-standard-saifedean-ammous.md) *Broader-crypto outlets (CoinDesk, The Block) are deliberately not catalogued — they cover the token market generally rather than Bitcoin specifically, off this KB's Bitcoin-only stance. Referenced case-by-case from notes where a specific article is load-bearing, not listed as educational resources.* --- ## Podcasts Bitcoin-only audio interview and discussion venues. Most Bitcoin podcasts are hosted by figures with their own thinker or source pages; those are pointed to here rather than given competing standalone entries. Standalone podcast pages are kept to a curated few. - [Stephan Livera Podcast](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/stephan-livera-podcast.md) _(home: economics)_ — **Level: Foundational → Advanced.** The Austrian-and-cypherpunk-aligned Bitcoin interview show (SLP) — the closest audio match to this KB's economic lens. Cross-listed here from its economics home; substantive long-form interviews with the contemporary Austrian-Bitcoin canon, Bitcoin Core and Lightning developers, and self-custody/privacy figures. - *Bitcoin Fundamentals* (The Investor's Podcast) _(home: [Preston Pysh](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/preston-pysh.md) · source [The Investor's Podcast - Bitcoin Fundamentals](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/the-investor-s-podcast-bitcoin-fundamentals.md))_ — **Level: Foundational.** The principal institutional and value-investor Bitcoin interview venue. Homed on Pysh's pages. - *The "What is Money?" Show* _(home: [Robert Breedlove](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/robert-breedlove.md))_ — **Level: Foundational → Advanced.** Long-form first-principles philosophy of money. Homed on Breedlove's thinker page. - *The Bitcoin Layer* _(home: [Nik Bhatia](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/nik-bhatia.md))_ — **Level: Foundational → Advanced.** Macro-and-liquidity analysis (newsletter, YouTube, podcast), frequently with Lyn Alden. Homed on Bhatia's thinker page. --- ## Community hubs Forums, social platforms, and community infrastructure where Bitcoin discourse occurs. - [BitcoinTalk](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcointalk.md) _(website)_ — **Level: Foundational → Advanced.** The original Bitcoin forum — founded by [Satoshi Nakamoto](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/satoshi-nakamoto.md) on 22 November 2009, still active under longtime admin "theymos." Two things at once: a still-living community hub and a **primary-source archive** of the founding period (Satoshi's forum posts, the first exchange-rate threads, the pizza transaction). Its irreplaceable value is archival — the bedrock the [History and origins](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/history-and-origins.md) section is built on — more than a systematic learning path. - [Stacker News](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/stacker-news.md) _(website)_ — **Level: Foundational.** A Bitcoin-and-Lightning-native forum (like Hacker News, but users earn and spend real sats through **zaps** rather than un-redeemable karma; posting carries small anti-spam fees; communities are founder-monetized "territories"). Launched 2021 by "k00b." The clearest working demonstration of a Lightning value-for-value discourse economy — and it teaches [Lightning](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/the-lightning-network.md) experientially by making a newcomer use it to participate. The payment-native counterpart to BitcoinTalk's legacy. - [Delving Bitcoin](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/delving-bitcoin.md) _(website)_ — **Level: Advanced.** The modern technical-discussion forum for Bitcoin protocol development (delvingbitcoin.org) — a public, non-commercial Discourse board launched 2023 for long-form, presentation-grade R&D threads (covenants, mempool policy, mining, consensus proposals). Grew alongside the bitcoin-dev mailing list's 2023–24 wind-down; the technical-frontier counterpart to BitcoinTalk's archive and Stacker News's payment-native discourse, and the live layer beneath [Bitcoin Optech](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-optech.md)'s summaries. *Nostr-based Bitcoin communities are homed in the dedicated `Nostr` sibling KB (freedom-tech cross-KB boundary, ruled 2026-07-16), not catalogued here. The X/Twitter Bitcoin community and r/Bitcoin are live discourse venues but not curated as educational resources; local-meetup infrastructure (Bitcoin Park, regional groups) may be added selectively if a specific instance warrants standalone treatment.* --- ## Tools and calculators Practical tools for Bitcoin operations, position management, mining economics, etc. Future candidates: - Lightning routing tools (rebalance calculators, channel managers) - Tax calculation tools (Bitcoin-aware tax software) - Mining profitability calculators - Wallet utilities (descriptor parsers, PSBT signers, etc.) - DCA calculators and portfolio tools No entries yet. Category will be populated as specific tools are evaluated substantively. --- ## Key connections to other areas **To [Economics and monetary theory](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/economics-and-monetary-theory.md):** - [PlanB Academy](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/planb-academy.md)'s Social Studies and Bitcoin tracks engage substantial economic content drawing on the Austrian-Bitcoin tradition - [Looking Glass Education](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/looking-glass-education.md)'s Bitcoin Foundation Course and Deep Dives engage monetary history, debt and inflation, and the fiat-system mechanics from a financial-literacy and credit-market vantage point - [Mi Primer Bitcoin](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/mi-primer-bitcoin.md)'s Bitcoin Diploma engages monetary fundamentals, fiat-system mechanics, and Bitcoin's monetary properties for non-specialist learners **To [Culture philosophy and the morality of money](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/culture-philosophy-and-the-morality-of-money.md):** - [PlanB Academy](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/planb-academy.md) engages substantial cultural-philosophical content - [Looking Glass Education](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/looking-glass-education.md) engages financial-protection and grassroots-access framings as the editorial center of gravity - [Mi Primer Bitcoin](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/mi-primer-bitcoin.md) engages grassroots-empowerment and individual-agency framings as the editorial center of gravity - [Orange-pilling as cultural conversion](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/orange-pilling-as-cultural-conversion.md) engages educational platforms as part of the orange-pilling infrastructure **To [Practical self-custody and sovereignty](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/practical-self-custody-and-sovereignty.md):** - [PlanB Academy](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/planb-academy.md)'s Security track engages self-custody content - [Looking Glass Education](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/looking-glass-education.md)'s CODL product is a guided self-custody offering (operational engagement lives in the dedicated cluster rather than on the platform's source page) - [Mi Primer Bitcoin](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/mi-primer-bitcoin.md)'s Bitcoin Diploma engages practical wallet use and self-custody fundamentals as part of the 10-week curriculum - Future tools-and-calculators entries will support practical operations - Reference platforms (developer.bitcoin.org, bips.dev) will support technical understanding **To [Investing and markets](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/investing-and-markets.md):** - [Looking Glass Education](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/looking-glass-education.md) is anchored in the credit-market-analyst voice through [Greg Foss](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/greg-foss.md)'s and [James Lavish](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/james-lavish.md)'s co-founder direction - The platform's Deep Dives essays frequently engage credit-market and fiscal-dominance content adjacent to the Investing-and-markets section - [Jack Dorsey](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/jack-dorsey.md)'s grant funding to grassroots Bitcoin-education organizations (including [Mi Primer Bitcoin](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/mi-primer-bitcoin.md)) bridges institutional-Bitcoin-aligned tech-CEO engagement to grassroots education infrastructure **To [Regulation policy and geopolitics](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/regulation-policy-and-geopolitics.md):** - [Mi Primer Bitcoin](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/mi-primer-bitcoin.md)'s El-Salvador origin context ties the platform to the broader [Bitcoin and sovereign adoption](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-and-sovereign-adoption.md) framework - The Bitcoin Diploma's April 2022 public-school launch represents a specific instance of mainstream educational integration of Bitcoin curriculum within a sovereign-Bitcoin-adoption context **Cross-platform overview** - [Bitcoin educational platforms - Comparison](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-educational-platforms-comparison.md) — orientation document mapping scope, strengths, and audience-fit across the curriculum-and-structured-learning platforms (PlanB Academy, Looking Glass Education, Mi Primer Bitcoin) **To [On-chain analytics and market psychology](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/on-chain-analytics-and-market-psychology.md):** - Future data-and-dashboards entries will be central to the on-chain section - Various Glassnode, Checkonchain, and adjacent platforms **To [History and origins](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/history-and-origins.md):** - The Bitcointalk forum (Satoshi-era discussions) is a primary-source archive - Various Bitcoin-history-aligned platforms **To [Technical foundations](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/technical-foundations.md):** - Reference-and-protocol-explainers category will be central - developer.bitcoin.org and adjacent platforms --- ## By learning level A level-organized view of the substantive resources catalogued in this sub-MOC. Resources that span multiple levels appear at each level they cover, with a brief note indicating which dimension of the resource fits the level. **Introductory** - [What's The Problem - Joe Bryan](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/what-s-the-problem-joe-bryan.md) _(video)_ — single time-bounded introductory video; [Joe Bryan](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/joe-bryan.md)'s centerpiece artifact for the Sats vs Fiat project - [Sats vs Fiat](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/sats-vs-fiat.md) _(website)_ — companion website extending the video with starter materials, recommended books, and open-source educational resources - [Mi Primer Bitcoin](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/mi-primer-bitcoin.md) — Bitcoin Diploma starts from no prior knowledge; introductory through the early weeks of the 10-week curriculum - [Looking Glass Education](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/looking-glass-education.md) — Bitcoin Foundation Course is calibrated for introductory entry - [PlanB Academy](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/planb-academy.md) — Bitcoin track is the introductory entry point within the broader curriculum - [Offchain Media](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/offchain-media.md) _(website)_ — the ecash, Liquid, Ark, and Lightning explainers open at introductory register - [Saylor Academy - Bitcoin for Everybody](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/saylor-academy-bitcoin-for-everybody.md) — free ~12-hour beginner course with a completion certificate - [BTC Sessions](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/btc-sessions.md) _(video)_ — step-by-step wallet, node, and transaction how-to tutorials - [21 Lessons](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/21-lessons.md) — reflective essays, individually accessible to a curious newcomer - [mempool.space](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/mempool-space.md) _(website)_ — watch a transaction confirm on the live chain - [Clark Moody Dashboard](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/clark-moody-dashboard.md) _(website)_ — single-screen Bitcoin vitals at a glance - [bitcoin.org](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-org.md) _(website)_ — the neutral, non-commercial getting-started and wallet-selection front door - [Bitcoin Magazine](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-magazine.md) _(website)_ — daily Bitcoin-native news, accessible to a newcomer tracking the space **Foundational** - [How Money and Banking Work - Lyn Alden](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/how-money-and-banking-work-lyn-alden.md) _(video)_ — Lyn Alden's substantive standalone explanatory video; companion to [Broken Money - Lyn Alden](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/broken-money-lyn-alden.md) - [Mi Primer Bitcoin](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/mi-primer-bitcoin.md) — Bitcoin Diploma develops foundational depth through the 10-week curriculum - [Looking Glass Education](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/looking-glass-education.md) — Deep Dives essays engage foundational-depth topics; the books imprint (*The Hidden Cost of Money*; *B is for Bitcoin*) extends to foundational treatment - [PlanB Academy](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/planb-academy.md) — Security, Business, and Social Studies tracks develop foundational depth across operational, business, and intellectual dimensions - [Offchain Media](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/offchain-media.md) _(website)_ — the Spark, L402, Nostr, and Taproot Assets explainers assume light prior grounding and develop trust-model detail - [Nakamoto Institute](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/nakamoto-institute.md) — the canonical essay-and-primary-source archive (foundational into advanced) - [21 Lessons](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/21-lessons.md) — the collection's depth accrues across the twenty-one essays - [Base58](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/base58.md) — protocol-school courses; accessible entry that reaches genuine depth - [Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies - Princeton](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-and-cryptocurrency-technologies-princeton.md) — the academic computer-science foundations - [Stephan Livera Podcast](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/stephan-livera-podcast.md) _(home: economics)_ — the Austrian-Bitcoin interview archive - [BTC Sessions](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/btc-sessions.md) _(video)_ — node operation and advanced self-custody walkthroughs - [Clark Moody Dashboard](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/clark-moody-dashboard.md) _(website)_ — the network and derivatives tiles reward some grounding - [bitcoin.org](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-org.md) _(website)_ — vocabulary, full-node guidance, and reference material for a returning reader - [developer.bitcoin.org](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/developer-bitcoin-org.md) _(website)_ — the Developer Guides, readable by a technically literate non-developer - [Bitcoin Wiki](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-wiki.md) _(website)_ — the glossary and concept pages as a non-commercial look-up reference - [Bitcoin Magazine](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-magazine.md) _(website)_ — research and long-form market, technical, and policy analysis - [BitcoinTalk](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcointalk.md) _(website)_ — the founding-period primary-source archive (Satoshi's threads) - [Stacker News](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/stacker-news.md) _(website)_ — a Lightning value-for-value forum; learn Lightning by participating **Advanced** - [PlanB Academy](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/planb-academy.md) — Protocol and Mining tracks engage specialist depth in protocol development and mining economics - [Chaincode Labs](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/chaincode-labs.md) — the ₿OSS Challenge: mentored onboarding into Bitcoin open-source contribution - [Base58](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/base58.md) — byte-level protocol and transaction internals - [Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies - Princeton](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-and-cryptocurrency-technologies-princeton.md) — cryptography and consensus at academic depth - [Nakamoto Institute](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/nakamoto-institute.md) — the primary-source archives and the argued Crash Course - [mempool.space](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/mempool-space.md) _(website)_ — the mining and Lightning dashboards read quantitatively - [Stephan Livera Podcast](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/stephan-livera-podcast.md) _(home: economics)_ — episodes frequently reach specialist economic and protocol depth - [developer.bitcoin.org](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/developer-bitcoin-org.md) _(website)_ — the RPC/format Reference: working documentation for application builders - [Bitcoin Wiki](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-wiki.md) _(website)_ — the technical-specification and protocol pages as a deep look-up reference - [Delving Bitcoin](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/delving-bitcoin.md) _(website)_ — live protocol-development discussion at the technical frontier (covenants, mempool policy, consensus proposals) - [BitcoinTalk](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcointalk.md) _(website)_ — deep development and mining threads; historical protocol debates in their original venue **Specialist research and analytics** _(distinct from learning-level categorization; specialist research and analytics resources serve specialist analytical functions rather than learning-level progression)_ - [Scientific Bitcoin Institute](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/scientific-bitcoin-institute.md) — interdisciplinary Bitcoin research; institutional home for the Power Law and log-periodic frameworks - [Checkonchain](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/checkonchain.md) — on-chain analytics - [On-Chain Mind](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/on-chain-mind.md) — accessible video-format on-chain analytics For a more developed cross-resource scope/strengths/audience-fit and level-mapping treatment, see [Bitcoin educational platforms - Comparison](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-educational-platforms-comparison.md). --- ## What this area doesn't cover - **Evergreen canonical works** — books, papers, podcasts — are catalogued in the main MOC's Canonical sources section - **Specific technical-implementation documentation** — official documentation for specific Bitcoin software (Bitcoin Core, LND, etc.) — these are referenced as needed from technical notes rather than catalogued as educational resources - **Pure commercial platforms** — exchanges, custody services, financial-product venues — these belong in the [Investing and markets](https://timechain.wiki/wiki/investing-and-markets.md) section - **Pure development infrastructure** — repositories, build tools, testing frameworks — these are technical-development resources rather than educational platforms ---