How to buy, earn, store, secure, and use bitcoin

Five sections, each a set of step-by-step guides. Every guide opens with a link to the explainer behind it on Fast Facts for Sats, so you understand the why before you do the how. Sats means satoshis, the smallest unit of bitcoin; 100,000,000 sats make one bitcoin.

Opening October 13, 2026

The first eight guides: how to buy your first bitcoin, how to earn sats, how to store bitcoin, the best hardware wallets, how to set up a wallet, bitcoin in an IRA, buying bitcoin privately, and how to pay with bitcoin. Until launch, this page is a placeholder.

The five sections

• Buy. Exchanges, fees, recurring buys, and what the first purchase looks like.
• Earn. Ways to earn sats: rewards, work paid in bitcoin, and what to watch for.
• Store. Hardware wallets, software wallets, and how custody works.
• Secure. Seed phrases, backups, metal plates, and inheritance.
• Use. Paying with bitcoin, Lightning, and spending without selling.

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The three sites

• Fast Stats for SatsThe value of sats and bitcoin, in charts.
• Fast Facts for SatsHow bitcoin works, in plain language.
• Fast Acts for SatsHow to buy, earn, store, secure, and use bitcoin. You are here.