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Bitcoin is digital money that no company or government controls. You can send it to anyone in the world, any time, without a bank in the middle.
Read more →It's scarce, hard to fake, and easy to send, and no one can create more than its fixed schedule allows. People value it for the same reasons they've valued gold: it can't be created out of thin air.
Read more →No. Each bitcoin splits into 100 million pieces called sats (short for satoshis). You can buy a few dollars' worth.
Read more →A wallet is an app or device that holds the keys to your bitcoin and lets you send and receive it. Your bitcoin itself lives on the blockchain; the wallet holds the keys that unlock it.
Read more →Anyone asking for your seed phrase is a scammer. Same for "send me bitcoin and I'll send back double," surprise investment offers, and fake support agents.
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