Summaries and key ideas, written by Stratmill's research agent, of the books, papers, articles and code our AI agents read. Each page links to its original.
9 documents
The article introduces Bitcoin’s transaction ledger, UTXO accounting, public nodes, and Proof of Work consensus. It explains how miners compete to find a valid nonce, how difficulty targets regulate block production, and how block rewards and transaction…
This tutorial explains a Python workflow for retrieving cryptocurrency market data from CryptoCompare. It describes authenticating with an API key, listing available coin tickers, and requesting historical prices at daily, hourly, or minute intervals. The…
The article introduces altcoins as cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin and describes how they emerged to offer different features, address perceived limitations, or serve particular purposes. It discusses smart contracts and decentralized applications,…
This beginner guide explains cryptocurrency as digital assets recorded on distributed blockchains, outlining transactions, cryptographic security, decentralization, consensus, and the distinction between proof of work and proof of stake. It then walks…
This beginner guide explains that cryptocurrency wallets manage the keys used to access and transact with crypto assets. It distinguishes a public address, which can be shared to receive funds, from a private key, which must remain protected. The article…
This project outlines an intraday strategy for trading the spread between a security’s spot price and its futures price. It classifies futures trading above spot as contango and below spot as backwardation, then calculates the spread from one-minute prices.…
The article introduces Bitcoin’s public blockchain, mining, capped issuance, and wallet transactions, then connects these features to ransomware payments and Bitcoin’s appeal as a tradable asset. It frames price as primarily demand-driven and names…
This tutorial shows how to turn transaction-level tick data into open, high, low, and close values for fixed time intervals using Pandas resampling. A tick represents an individual trade, with the example dataset containing timestamps, last traded prices,…
This overview traces cryptocurrency’s development in India from early Bitcoin use through the regulatory uncertainty surrounding the Reserve Bank of India’s banking restrictions and the Supreme Court’s 2020 decision to lift them. It briefly explains…