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Everything we've written for people deciding whether, and how, to own Bitcoin mining. Each one is free. Enter your email on its page and it's yours.
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New to Bitcoin or to mining? These cover the basics.
CourseThe Bitcoin 101 Course
A beginner course on how Bitcoin works and how to buy and hold your first sats safely.
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GuideEverything You Need to Know to Start Mining Bitcoin
What mining is, how miners get paid, and the four ways to get started.
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GuideThe Bitcoin Mining Playbook
The eight variables that decide whether a mining operation makes money.
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GuideThe Bitcoin Skeptic's Handbook
Straight answers to the 10 most common criticisms of Bitcoin.
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CourseThe Bitcoin Mining Masterclass
Decide whether to own mining and which operator to trust with it.
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Investing in mining
The numbers and the decisions behind owning hosted miners.
DeckThe Bitcoin Mining Investor Deck
The full investment case for Bitcoin mining, slide by slide.
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DeckThe Family Office Deck
The 24-slide deck we walk family offices through before they allocate.
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DeckThe Discounted Bitcoin Deck
What it costs to mine a Bitcoin against buying one, with a worked example.
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GuideMine vs. Buy Bitcoin: The 2027 Math
Score mining and buying in Bitcoin, then see where your machine price and power rate land.
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GuideThe Step-by-Step Playbook to Investing in Bitcoin Mining
Mining stocks, cloud contracts, home mining, and hosting compared side by side.
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ChecklistThe Hosted Mining Checklist
27 items to check in any hosting agreement before you sign.
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ReportThe 2030 Mining Profitability Report
Difficulty and hashprice scenarios for 2030 at three Bitcoin prices.
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Taxes
How mining equipment and income are treated under U.S. tax law. Confirm with your CPA.
GuideThe IRS Bitcoin Loophole
How mining equipment can turn this year's tax bill into Bitcoin. Written with a CPA.
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GuideThe Small Business Bitcoin Tax Blueprint
How a business acquires Bitcoin by mining it under U.S. tax law.
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GuideThe Roth IRA Mining Setup Guide
How to mine Bitcoin inside a self-directed Roth IRA.
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CourseThe Bitcoin Mining Tax Course
Three videos with Mike LaLuna, CPA, plus a written course guide.
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Markets and research
Reading the cycle and sharpening your own analysis.
GuideThe Bitcoin Cycle Survival Guide
The indicators we watch to tell a Bitcoin upturn from a downturn.
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AI guideThe Allocator's Map
A PDF you hand to your AI so it can run allocation analysis on your portfolio.
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X listThe Bitcoin Mining 50
The 50 accounts worth following in Bitcoin mining, in one list.
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