Risks
If your funds are gone
An honest page. What is worth doing immediately, what recovery actually looks like, and why the person offering to help you is the next problem.
24 Aug 2026 7 min
Everything about crypto, in one place.
How it works, how to buy it in your country, which wallet does what, how people actually earn on it — and which risks to walk away from. Explained plainly, kept current, nothing sold.
Browse the compendium
Eight sections, each one a complete map of its subject.
Basics28 PAGES
- What crypto is, in plain words
- Coins vs tokens vs stablecoins
- Addresses, keys, seed phrases
- Fees, confirmations, timing
Wallets19 PAGES
- Exchange vs phone vs hardware
- Seed phrase: storing and losing it
- Hardware wallets compared
- Moving between wallets
Where to buy96 COUNTRIES
- Every method, compared
- Exchange directory
- Crypto ATMs and cash offices
- Verification levels explained
Tools41 ENTRIES
Earn22 PAGES
- Staking: native, exchange, wallet
- Nodes and what they cost
- Lending and its failure modes
- Reading APY and APR
Trading24 PAGES
Memecoins14 PAGES
Risks4 PAGES + CHECKLIST
- The red-flag checklist
- Fake support and impersonation
- Phishing and wallet drainers
- If your funds are already gone
Quick answers
The questions people arrive with. One screen each, no scrolling for the point.
Is USDT the same as Bitcoin?No — one tracks a dollar, the other floats. Who issues each, and why it matters.
What happens if I send to the wrong network?Usually the funds are unrecoverable. When they aren't, and what to check first.
Do I need a hardware wallet?Depends on the amount and how often you move it. A threshold you can apply.
Why is my transaction still pending?Fees, congestion and nonce order — how to tell which one you're facing.
What is gas, and why does it change?What you're actually paying for, and when it's cheapest to move.
Can anyone see my wallet balance?Yes. What a public ledger reveals, and what it doesn't.
The distinction people miss
Coins, tokens and stablecoins are three different things
A coin is the native asset of its own network — Bitcoin on Bitcoin, Ether on Ethereum. A token lives on someone else's network and follows that network's rules. A stablecoin is a token whose issuer promises to hold one dollar for every unit in circulation.
That last word — issuer — is the whole difference. Nobody issues Bitcoin. Someone issues USDT, and that someone can freeze it.
Read the full explanation →The same token on five networks
Sending on the wrong one is the most expensive beginner mistake there is.
| Network | Token standard | Address starts with | Typical fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethereum | ERC-20 | 0x… | highest |
| BNB Chain | BEP-20 | 0x… | low |
| Tron | TRC-20 | T… | low |
| Solana | SPL | Base58 | very low |
| Base | ERC-20 | 0x… | low |
Directory
Every link you need, in one place. Listed by what they do — no rankings, no referral codes.
Exchanges
Wallets
Hardware wallets
What each device does, what it costs and what it does not protect you from.
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Entry deviceScreen, buttons, USB-C
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Touchscreen deviceLarger display, passphrase
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Air-gapped deviceQR only, never plugged in
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Steel backupSeed storage, fireproof
Where to buy, country by country
Which exchanges serve you, which local payment rails work, where the ATMs are and what verification each route needs.
Recently updated
Every page carries the date it was last checked.
Risks
Ponzi in a mini app
It looks like a game, it pays out at first, and the arithmetic underneath has only one ending. Here is how to see it on day one.
24 Aug 2026 8 min
Risks
Wallet drainers
You never sent anything, and the wallet emptied anyway. This is what the approval you signed actually permitted.
24 Aug 2026 9 min
Risks
Fake support
It is not sophisticated and it does not need to be. Somebody answers your question, and by the end of the conversation your wallet is empty.
24 Aug 2026 8 min
Blog
What changed this week and whether it matters. Short, dated, and clear about what is opinion.
21 AUG 2026
A new hardware wallet claims a seed you never write down
How the recovery scheme works, and the three questions to ask before trusting it.
Hardware
18 AUG 2026
Withdrawals paused at a mid-size exchange — what that usually means
A pause is not proof of insolvency. Here is the sequence that normally follows, and what to watch.
Watch
15 AUG 2026
Introducing a multi-chain wallet built for first-time users
Paid placement from the wallet's team. Our editorial pages remain unaffected.
Sponsored
12 AUG 2026
Fees on one network fell 90% overnight. Nothing about your keys changed.
Why cheap transactions do not make a network safer, and where the trade-off actually sits.
Networks
The red-flag checklist
Linked from the bottom of every page on the site.
Nobody legitimate will ever ask for these
- Your seed phrase or private key
- A payment upfront to release, unlock or recover funds
- A code from your SMS, email or authenticator app
- Remote access to your screen or your device
- A "validation", "sync" or "migration" of your wallet
- A fixed return per day, week or month
- A first message from support