The easiest way to understand Bitcoin: Send a small transaction and watch it travel through the blockchain in real-time!
Send any amount of Bitcoin (we recommend $5-10 for learning) to our educational wallet below. You'll see exactly how Bitcoin transactions work!
Congratulations! You've successfully sent your first Bitcoin transaction and learned how the blockchain works!
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Understanding these key concepts will help you see what's happening when you send your transaction:
Think of a blockchain as a digital ledger book that everyone can see but no one can erase or fake. Each "block" contains a bunch of transactions, and they're linked together in a "chain."
Every 10 minutes, a new page (block) gets added to this book with all the recent Bitcoin transactions.
Mining isn't digging - it's computers competing to solve math puzzles. The winner gets to add the next block to the blockchain and earns new Bitcoin as a reward.
This process secures the network and confirms your transactions. More miners = more security!
A confirmation means your transaction has been included in a block. More confirmations = more security, because it means more blocks have been built on top of yours.
1 confirmation = included in a block. 6 confirmations = very secure (about 1 hour).
Fees are like tips you give to miners to prioritize your transaction. Higher fee = faster processing. Lower fee = you wait longer.
Fees depend on network congestion (how many people are using Bitcoin) and your transaction size.
Banks are centralized (one company controls everything). Bitcoin is decentralized (thousands of computers worldwide work together).
No single entity can freeze, reverse, or control Bitcoin transactions once they're confirmed.
Bitcoin uses cryptography (advanced math) to secure transactions. Your wallet has a private key (like a password) that only you know.
Even if hackers know your wallet address, they can't spend your Bitcoin without your private key.
Watch as real transactions come in and see the Bitcoin network in action!
By sending a transaction to our learning wallet, you've experienced:
You've participated in the actual Bitcoin network - your transaction is now permanently recorded in blockchain history!
You've seen miners compete to include your transaction and understand why Bitcoin is so secure through decentralization.
You've learned how fees work and why they're necessary to keep the Bitcoin network running smoothly.
You've participated in a truly global, borderless, and censorship-resistant financial system!
You now understand Bitcoin better than 95% of the world's population. You've moved from theory to practice!