Crypto basics
What a coin, a token, a wallet and an exchange are, and how they fit together.
- 01What a cryptocurrency actually isbeginnerStrip away the jargon and a cryptocurrency is three things working together — a shared ledger, a set of rules for changing it, and a unit that the rules count. This lesson walks through each one.4 min read
- 02Coins vs tokens: what the difference means for youbeginnerA coin runs its own network. A token is a program on someone else's. That one difference explains fees, bridges, stablecoins and why the same asset can trade at slightly different prices on different chains.4 min read
- 03Wallets, keys and addresses: what you actually holdbeginnerA wallet holds no coins. It holds a key, and the key controls an entry on the ledger. Once that clicks, seed phrases, hardware wallets and "not your keys, not your coins" all make sense.4 min read
- 04How a crypto exchange works — and where the price comes frombeginnerA price is not announced; it is discovered, one trade at a time, on dozens of venues at once. This lesson opens up an order book, follows a trade through it, and shows how Coinmico turns thousands of those trades into the number on a coin page.4 min read
