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Fast Acts for Sats

How to buy, earn, store, secure, and use bitcoin

Buy, earn, store, secure, and use bitcoin

Bitcoin makes more sense when you use it.

Buy a little. Set up a wallet. Make your first payment. Fast Acts for Sats walks you through each task, with clear steps and the catches explained before they catch you.

Sats are small pieces of bitcoin. There are 100,000,000 sats in one bitcoin, and $25 buys 29,487 sats right now (as of October 2, 2026, 18:34 UTC).

You can start small. You just need to know the next step.

Choose your next step

Buy

How to buy your first sats: Choose a service, open an account, and make a small first purchase.

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Earn

How to earn sats: Get bitcoin rewards on purchases you already planned to make.

Store

How to store sats safely: Choose a wallet and protect the backup that lets you recover it.

Best hardware wallets compared: Find the features you need without paying for ones you will never use.

How to set up a hardware wallet: Go from a new device to a checked backup and a successful test payment.

Secure

Privacy basics for bitcoiners: Protect your accounts, avoid scams, and share less about what you hold.

Use

How to pay with bitcoin: Scan a code, check the details, and make your first payment.

Start with twelve small acts

Your first 100,000 sats gives you a simple path from opening an account to holding bitcoin in your own wallet. Follow the checklist at your own pace.

Prefer paper? Download the Sats Stacker's Starter Checklist. One page. Free.

Three sites that work together

Each guide starts with an "Understand first" link to the matching Fast Facts explanation.

We explain the steps. You decide whether bitcoin fits your life and budget. Its price can fall sharply, and no guide can promise a profit.

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