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inotoken explains Bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrencies with checked figures, real sources and tools that calculate instead of promise. Every result can be shared as a picture.
Tools
Calculate instead of guess.
Savings plan, halving, holding period, blockchain you can touch: tools that show their working and hand you a picture to share.
Crypto savings plan calculator
What a monthly instalment turns into under three price assumptions, with fees and total deposits side by side.
Bitcoin halving countdown
How many blocks and days are left until the block reward halves, worked out live from the chain.
Hands-on blockchain
Three blocks, real SHA-256 hashes, one mining button: change a block and watch the chain break.
Satoshi converter
Convert euro, US dollars, bitcoin and satoshi into one another at the current price.
Holding Period Calculator
When a crypto gain becomes tax free in Germany, with the exemption limit and an estimated tax figure for each position.
Crypto knowledge quiz
Twelve questions on Bitcoin, security, tax and the market, with an explanation after every answer.
Wallet type finder
Six questions, then the form of custody that fits: hardware, software, trading venue or a combination.
Portfolio Mixer
Five sliders for bitcoin, ethereum, large and small altcoins and stablecoins: risk score, spread and a look back at 2022.
Staking Calculator
How a staking reward grows with compounding, in coins and in euro, and which risks and German taxes come with it.
Knowledge
Articles that name figures.
Every piece answers its question in the first sentence and backs it with sources. Six sections, from the basics to tax.
BasicsBitcoin explained simply, from 2008 to 21 million
Bitcoin has run since 3 January 2009, writes a block every 10 minutes and ends at just under 21 million units. The figures, and who sets them.
BitcoinBitcoin halving explained: 210,000 blocks and 4 dates
Every 210,000 blocks the reward halves. Since 20 April 2024 it has been 3.125 BTC per block, 450 a day. Why the next date can only be estimated.
BasicsBuying bitcoin in Germany: the first steps
Licensed providers, identification under German law, order types, costs and custody. And why the holding period of 1 year counts from the first purchase.
BitcoinBitcoin volatility: why the price swings so widely
Bitcoin lost around 75 per cent in 2022. What volatility measures, which falls are documented, and what wide swings mean for investors.
BasicsHow a blockchain works: hash, block and 6 confirmations
A blockchain links blocks through hash values. Why 6 confirmations are enough, why the difficulty is reset every 2,016 blocks, and what 51 per cent means.
Altcoins & DeFiEthereum versus Bitcoin: the 10 main differences
Ethereum moved to proof of stake on 15 September 2022, Bitcoin still mines. Consensus, supply, block time and gas side by side.
SecurityHardware wallet or software wallet: the difference
Where the private key sits, what the 12 to 24 words under BIP 39 mean and which 3 routes of custody exist, with the requirements of the German BSI.
Glossary
106 terms, briefly explained.
From airdrop to zero-knowledge. The list filters as you type.
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