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Free, practical guides to oil markets, crypto safety and the BitOil play economy. Work through examples, follow the sources, and test your understanding with quizzes for free play microBitOil.
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Three guides per path. Read at your own pace; no account needed to learn.
Read the oil market
Understand a quote, read the inventory report, then test a market claim.
Build your play collection
Get comfortable with the units, choose items, and understand your profile estimate.
Protect your crypto
Recognize common traps before deciding which risks to take.
New to crypto? Start here
Is it a scam? Check an offer- 01
Crypto scams: the most common tricks and how to spot them
10 min read · quiz - 02
Risk or scam? How to tell a risky investment from a fraud
7 min read · quiz - 03
How to invest in crypto more safely: a practical checklist
9 min read · quiz - 04
Risk vs. reward in crypto: volatility, drawdowns and position sizing
8 min read · quiz
20 guides in the library
Crypto safety
Spot scams, protect your keys, and know what to do if something goes wrong.
Crypto scams: the most common tricks and how to spot them
Fake investment platforms, romance scams, giveaways, wallet drainers, rug pulls and recovery scams: how each works and the warning signs to watch for.
ReadRisk or scam? How to tell a risky investment from a fraud
Every investment carries risk, but a scam is designed to take your money. Six questions that separate a legitimate risky asset from a fraud.
ReadScammed? What to do in the first 24 hours
Lost crypto to a scam? Stop further payments, secure your accounts, save the evidence, report it to the right places, and avoid the recovery scams that follow.
ReadCrypto wallets and self-custody: keys, seed phrases and staying safe
What a crypto wallet really holds, exchange vs. self-custody, hot vs. cold wallets, and how to protect a seed phrase so your crypto stays yours.
ReadInvesting wisely
Risk, reward, position sizing and a practical checklist before you buy.
How to invest in crypto more safely: a practical checklist
A step-by-step checklist for buying crypto: set what you can afford to lose, pick a regulated exchange, secure your account, store it safely, keep records.
ReadRisk vs. reward in crypto: volatility, drawdowns and position sizing
Why crypto swings so far, what a drawdown feels like, and how position sizing, diversification and time horizon keep your risk at a level you can live with.
ReadBlockchain basics
What blockchains and cryptocurrencies actually are, in plain English.
What is a blockchain? A plain-English guide
How a blockchain works, why it's hard to tamper with, what mining and staking do, and what blockchains are good for (and not good for), without the jargon.
ReadCryptocurrency explained: coins, tokens, stablecoins and exchanges
The difference between coins, tokens and stablecoins, how crypto prices are set, what exchanges do, and what fees to expect, explained simply for new investors.
ReadStablecoins & BitOil
How commodity-backed digital money works, and the idea behind Real BitOil.
The Complete Guide to Commodity-Backed Stablecoins
A long-form guide to commodity-backed crypto: how oil, gold and other real assets can anchor digital value, and how that differs from fiat stablecoins.
ReadWhat is an oil-pegged stablecoin?
A clear explainer on commodity-backed digital tokens, why oil is uniquely suited as a peg, and what design questions remain unanswered.
ReadOil & markets
Crude benchmarks, how oil prices are set, and how oil and Bitcoin interact.
How to read the EIA oil inventory report
A repeatable checklist for reading crude inventories, refinery activity and product stocks without treating one headline as a trading signal.
ReadSpot, futures and stale quotes: which oil price are you seeing?
Learn to check the benchmark, contract, units and timestamp before comparing two oil prices, with a short quote-reading exercise.
ReadCompare Bitcoin and oil without fooling yourself
A reproducible research checklist covering returns, matching trading days, rolling windows and the limits of correlation. No invented backtest.
ReadWTI vs Brent: the complete guide
How the world's two most-watched oil benchmarks differ in geography, chemistry, pricing, and market behavior.
ReadHow oil prices are actually set
Inside the mechanics of spot prices, futures markets, OPEC+ decisions, and the role of inventories in setting the global price of crude.
ReadOil and Bitcoin: what the correlation actually shows
A data-driven look at the relationship between crude oil and Bitcoin — when they move together, when they don't, and why it matters.
ReadFrom the petrodollar to petro-crypto: a brief history
How oil came to underpin the global dollar system, why some are asking what comes next, and what role digital assets might play.
ReadPlay & collecting
Understand the shared play wallet, choose virtual items and read your collection value.
Play BitOil and microBitOil: one wallet, two units
Worked examples for small entertainment items and expensive virtual collectibles, with an exact conversion rule and a clear explanation of play money.
ReadWhat your estimated play net worth actually means
Understand wallet balance, catalog-valued holdings, stale reports and unknown prices, with examples of why buying an item need not increase total play wealth.
ReadA practical checklist for choosing virtual collectibles
Evaluate an item's role, ownership rules, catalog value and source before spending play currency. Includes a reusable collection-planning exercise.
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