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  1. 1There will only ever be 21 million bitcoin.

    The limit is written into the code every node runs. By block 975,300 about 20.11 million BTC (95.8%) have been issued; the rest comes out in ever-smaller amounts until about 2140.

    Calculated from the issuance schedule at block 975,300 (blockchair).

    Why 21 million →

  2. 2Every 210,000 blocks, the reward for a new block halves.

    That is roughly every four years. Since April 2024 a miner gets 3.125 BTC per block; after block 1,050,000 it will be 1.5625 BTC. 74,700 blocks to go, ≈ April 2028 at 10 minutes per block.

    Blocks: blockchair.

    How the halving works →

  3. 3You don't need to buy a whole bitcoin.

    1 BTC = 100,000,000 satoshi (sats). At $74,283, $10 buys about 13,462 sats.

    Price: Coinbase, 10 Nov, 12:56 London.

    Sats calculator →What a satoshi is →

  4. 4Whoever holds the keys holds the coins.

    A wallet's seed phrase (12 or 24 words) is the key to its bitcoin. Coins left on an exchange depend on that exchange: in 2014 Mt. Gox stopped withdrawals with about 850,000 BTC reported missing.

    Wallets compared →Hacks & losses →

  5. 5No company runs Bitcoin.

    Satoshi Nakamoto published the whitepaper on 31 October 2008, and the network started on 3 January 2009. Today 20,593 reachable nodes check every block against the rules themselves.

    Nodes: btcnodes.io, 7 Nov 2026.

    Read the whitepaper →Nodes online →

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Tracker · Investigation #1 · Binance hack

Crystal Intelligence flagged the likely Binance hacker wallet. We follow its 18,270 BTC on-chain, block by block.

Still held by the hacker · 19 addresses
As of 30 Oct, 09:59 London (mempool.space).
18,270.20 BTC
≈ $1.36 B · BTC part of the hack · at $74,283
of 18,270.2 BTC taken on 29 Oct
Since the hack
11d 16:36:38
Left the trail
0.0 BTC
Last movement
29 Oct, 20:48 London437.7 BTC → bc1qxg0l4p…y7s9ra
On the flagged address
0.00 BTC

Address bc1q0mtc2f…hl2mnm is flagged by Crystal Intelligence as the likely Binance hacker wallet. On-chain data: mempool.space, as of 30 Oct, 09:59 London. A tracker, not advice.

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