About

Welcome!

I’m Tom - and on Bennet.org, I share everything I wish I’d known about Bitcoin before I started taking it seriously.

I learn best from long, visual explainers - the kind which don’t shy away from details and which ask the big why questions. Two of my favourite websites are Wait But Why and Learn Me A Bitcoin. Here, I’m aiming for something in-between.

I work in tech and develop this website in my spare time. After six years in fintech (“TradFi”, if you like), I try to bring some of that perspective to how I think and write about Bitcoin.

Tech / Privacy

I launched Bennet.org in 2014 (block height 280400) as a sandbox for hand-coded web experiments - just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript written line-by-line. It’s not the fastest way to build, but it is the best way to learn.

The Bitcoin-focused version you’re reading now came along about a decade later, around block height 892300. It’s built using Astro, and I still scrutinise every line of code.

This site uses no cookies, trackers, tag managers, or invasive analytics software. Instead I use Plausible, a lightweight and privacy-respecting analytics tool that simply counts visits.

Support

This site runs entirely on reader support. If you’ve found it useful, you can help by donating Bitcoin below - it keeps the site online and my coffee machine stocked.

Huge thanks to everyone who’s already contributed.

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Contact

You can reach me at tom@bennet.org.