Curated articles tagged Bitcoin Basics
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Block 840000 dropped the Bitcoin reward to 3.125 BTC in April 2024. ETFs were already buying 5x daily issuance. The full retrospective and 2028 setup.
Sound money in code, not policy. Why Bitcoin's 21-million cap, hashrate, and self-custody have outlasted every "it will fail" prediction since 2009.
Zero capital gains on Bitcoin in Switzerland still stands in 2026. Wealth tax, mining income, and the professional-trader test are where it gets sharp.
Five Swiss platforms, five very different fee structures. Which CHF Bitcoin route actually costs less after spread, surcharge, and custody fees. Inside.
A CVE claimed inscriptions broke Bitcoin's data limit in 2023. Bitcoin Core called it policy not a bug. v30.0 then raised it from 83 to 100,000 bytes.
Self-custody removes the exchange middleman. Hardware wallet plus 20 or 24 word seed plus optional passphrase. The full Swiss-context setup walkthrough.
