"Crypto 101, One on One" is what the old version of this site called it in 2021, and the name has stuck because it is accurate. It is a private deep dive into the cryptocurrency space, built around what you actually want out of it rather than a fixed syllabus.
The topics are up to you. Tell me what you want to cover, or tell me the goal and I will build the session that gets you there. We can be entirely hands-on, setting up cold storage or walking through a real transaction on your own device, or entirely conceptual, working through how Bitcoin's monetary properties compare to the alternatives. Most sessions are some of both.
I suggest budgeting about half an hour per topic, but we go as deep or as fast as suits you.
Who this is for
People who have decided to take this seriously and do not want to learn it from YouTube. Investors who own crypto through someone else and want to understand what they actually hold. Professionals whose clients keep raising it. Retirees whose children have put them into Bitcoin and who would like to understand their own position. And a steady stream of people who have already been burned once and want to make sure the second attempt goes differently.
There is no technical prerequisite. If you can operate a smartphone, you can do this.
The modules
Pick from these, or describe your own.
Custody, the HODL module. The first thing to know about Bitcoin is how to hold it. How to set a wallet up. The real differences between custodial and non-custodial, hot and cold, software and hardware. What a BIP-39 seed phrase actually is and how to store one properly. And how to leave a Bitcoin legacy to your heirs, which is a topic large enough to have its own page.
Transactions and fees. Sending Bitcoin properly, not just tapping send: how fees are actually calculated, replace-by-fee, paying several recipients at once, address reuse and why it costs you privacy, and what to do when a transaction sits unconfirmed.
How exchanges really work. What happens to your coins when they sit on an exchange, what an order book is, the difference between market and limit orders, how to keep trading costs down, and how to think about counterparty risk. Not trading strategy: mechanics.
Bitcoin economics. The big picture rather than this week's price. What gives Bitcoin its monetary properties, how it compares to gold and to fiat currency, what central bank digital currencies would and would not change, and what could realistically threaten it in the short and long term.
The no-BS module. There are thousands of crypto scams running at any moment and some of the operators are very good. The common structures: imposter schemes, pyramid schemes, pump and dumps, rug pulls, fake trading platforms. How to tell whether an exchange or wallet is real. How to check whether a project is anything more than a website. This module draws directly on the 2021 scam survey and on what I see every week doing recovery work.
DeFi and passive income, with the risk framed honestly. Staking, lending, and liquidity provision explained properly, including what each one is actually doing with your assets and what has to go wrong for you to lose them. I will not quote you a yield number. Advertised yields are the marketing, and the risk is the product.
Mining, an overview. What mining is, what the hardware and economics look like now, and how to run a small setup if you want to understand it from the inside. Realistic about profitability.
Accepting Bitcoin as a merchant. The options for taking crypto payments, what running your own BTCPay Server actually involves, how to secure a receiving wallet that several staff can touch, and what happens on the accounting side once payments start landing.
What you leave with
A recording of the call if you want one, written notes covering what we went through, and the specific links and references that came up. If we did hands-on work, you leave with a wallet you set up yourself and can operate.
What this is not
This is not investment advice, and I am not a licensed investment advisor. No coin picks, no price targets, no allocation guidance.
This is not a signals service, a trading group, or a newsletter with a paywall behind it.
And it is not a certification. It is a private conversation with someone who has been doing this since 2013, aimed at the specific things you do not yet know.
Questions I get about this
How many sessions does this usually take?
Most people want two or three modules, which is a single session. Someone starting from nothing and wanting to end up self-custodied, transacting, and able to spot a scam usually wants two sessions a week or two apart, with homework in between. You are not committing to a course; we book the next one only if there is a reason to.
Can we do the hands-on parts on my real accounts?
Yes, and it is better that way. Bring the actual hardware wallet and the actual exchange account. I never ask for a password, a seed phrase, or a private key at any point, and I do not need access to your accounts to talk you through what is on your own screen.
Is this a sales pitch for something else?
No. If the answer to your question is that you should keep your Bitcoin on a reputable exchange and get on with your life, I will say so, and that ends the engagement. A fair number of sessions end with someone doing less than they arrived planning to do.