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Crypto Basics #11 — Understanding Solana (SOL)

Solana is a blockchain built around one priority: speed. Where some networks focus on being maximally decentralized or maximally secure, Solana was designed to process a very high number of transactions quickly and cheaply.

Mindset #3 — Why a Big Win Should Make You Slow Down

After a significant winning trade, most people feel the opposite of cautious. They feel confident, validated, ready to press their edge. Sometimes they double their next position size. Sometimes they take more setups than usual. Almost always, they give back a meaningful chunk of what t...

Crypto Basics #10 — Understanding Gas Fees

Doing anything on a blockchain costs a small fee. On Ethereum and many other networks, that fee is called gas.

RM Mechanics #3 — Cost Averaging vs. Buying the Dip (They're Not the Same)

Both involve buying more when price goes down. The logic behind them is completely different — and mixing them up is one of the quieter ways traders turn a manageable loss into a serious one.

Crypto Basics #9 — Understanding Staking

Staking is what proof of stake looks like from a regular user's side. Once you understand that a network is secured by tokens locked up as collateral, staking is simply how you take part in that.

Mindset #2 — Losing a Trade vs. Being a Bad Trader

Every trader loses trades. Including professional ones. Including people who do this full-time. The market doesn't owe anyone a winning streak, and five losing trades in a row doesn't mean your system is broken.

Crypto Basics #8 — Understanding Proof of Stake

Every blockchain needs a way to decide whose version of the record is the correct one. That process is called consensus, and proof of stake is one of the main approaches in use today.

RM Mechanics #2 — Stop Losses Aren't Optional

Here's what a lot of people do: they set a stop loss, the price gets close to it, and they move it down because they "don't want to get stopped out." Then it gets close again. They move it again. Eventually the position goes badly wrong, and the stop that was supposed to protect them do...

Crypto Basics #7 — Understanding Nodes

A node is a single computer taking part in a blockchain network. If the network is the crowd, a node is one person in it.

Crypto Basics #6 — Understanding Blockchain Networks

We've covered what a blockchain is as a record. The blockchain network is the living system that keeps that record running.