Crypto Tutorials & Step-by-Step DeFi Guides
Learn cryptocurrency trading, DeFi protocols, wallet setup, and blockchain basics with beginner-friendly tutorials from DEXTools.
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- What Is a Paper Wallet? Crypto Cold Storage Explained (2026) - A paper wallet is an offline printout of your keys. Learn how it works, the real risks, and why hardware wallets and see
- EOA vs Contract Account: Crypto Account Types Explained (2026) - Externally owned accounts vs contract accounts explained simply: what each is, how to spot them on an explorer, and why
- What Is a Keystore File? Encrypted Wallet Keys Explained (2026) - A keystore file is an encrypted, password-protected private key. How it works, how it differs from a seed phrase, and ho
- What Is a Read Contract? Check a Token's Data On-Chain (2026) - Read Contract lets you query a token's real on-chain data for free on an explorer. What you can check, why it protects y
- What Is an Internal Transaction? Crypto Guide (2026) - An internal transaction is a value move a smart contract makes inside a transaction. Why it has no signature or hash, an
- What Is an Event Log? Crypto Events Explained (2026) - An event log is a record a smart contract emits to announce what happened. How topics and data work, the Transfer event,
- What Is Calldata? Transaction Input Data Explained (2026) - Calldata is the input data that tells a smart contract what to do. What is inside it, why reading it protects you, and h
- What Is a Transaction in Crypto? How It Works (2026) - A crypto transaction is a signed instruction to change the chain. What is inside one, its journey from wallet to block,
- What Is Mining Difficulty? Crypto Mining Explained (2026) - Mining difficulty keeps proof-of-work blocks arriving on schedule. How it adjusts, how it tracks hashrate, and why it ma
- What Is a Satoshi? Bitcoin's Smallest Unit Explained (2026) - A satoshi is the smallest unit of Bitcoin. Why 1 BTC is 100,000,000 sats, where the name comes from, and how sats are us
- What Is a Genesis Block? The First Block Explained (2026) - The genesis block is a blockchain's very first block. Why it is hardcoded, the story behind Bitcoin's genesis block, and
- What Is a Block in a Blockchain? Complete Guide (2026) - A block is a batch of transactions chained to the one before it. What a block contains, how block height and block time
- What Is a Blockchain Fork? Hard Fork vs Soft Fork (2026) - A blockchain fork is a split or change in a chain's rules. Hard fork vs soft fork, why forks happen, and what they mean
- The 2026 Crypto Hack Tracker: Every Major Exploit, the Money Lost, and Where the Chain Says It Went - A running tracker of 2026's major crypto exploits. Security firms counted 207 hacks in H1 2026 draining about $972M (TRM
- What Is a Testnet? Crypto Test Networks Explained (2026) - A testnet is a blockchain that works like the real one but with valueless tokens. How it differs from mainnet, where fre
- What Is a Vanity Address? Custom Crypto Wallets Explained (2026) - A vanity address is a crypto wallet with a chosen pattern. How they are made, why the pattern is only cosmetic, and the
- Price vs Market Cap Chart View on DEXTools (2026) - A DEXTools chart can plot price or market cap, and they answer different questions. Learn why market cap view is the hon
- How to Choose the Right Pool to Trade on DEXTools (2026) - One token can trade in many pools, and they are not equal. Learn how to find the deep, real pool on DEXTools, compare re
- What Pool Reserves Show on DEXTools: Reading Pooled Amounts (2026) - DEXTools shows a dollar liquidity figure, but the raw pooled amounts tell you more. Learn to read a pool's two sides, wh
- How to Set Price Alerts on DEXTools (2026) - Stop watching charts all day. Learn how to set price alerts on DEXTools, which levels are worth an alert, and how to com
- How to Read the Live Trades Tape on DEXTools (2026) - The transactions list under the chart is the least filtered view of a token on DEXTools. Learn to read the live trades t
- How to Use the DEXTools Watchlist to Track Tokens (2026) - The DEXTools watchlist turns scattered research into one tracked list. Learn how starring pairs works, what belongs on t
- How to Search a Token Across Chains on DEXTools (2026) - DEXTools covers many chains, so one ticker can return the real token, bridged versions and copies. Learn how to search a
- How to Read the First Buyers of a Token Pair on DEXTools (2026) - The earliest wallets into a new pool are often insiders and snipers. Learn how to read a pair's first buyers on DEXTools