Plain-English crypto education · Made in Canada

Understand what you own. Know what to ask next.

Free, plain-English guides that explain crypto honestly, with the trade-offs left in. And when you are ready, a Position Clarity Review that turns what you hold into one organized picture, ready for your CPA, advisor, or family.

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The gap

You can own crypto for years and still not feel on top of it.

Most explanations are either a sales pitch or a whitepaper. There is very little in between for a careful person who just wants the plain truth about what they hold, and a way to get it organized before it matters.

01

Held, not understood

You bought in, but no one ever explained how these networks actually work, or what that means for what each coin is genuinely useful for.

02

Scattered, not organized

It is spread across exchanges, wallets, and apps, with no single record of what is where, or what a trusted person would need to find it.

03

Unprepared for the conversation

Before a CPA, an advisor, an executor, or your family, it helps to walk in understanding the thing and carrying the right questions.

When you want more than the guides

Two ways to go further.

Start where it helps most. A personalized Estate & Access Kit built around the exchanges and wallets you actually use, or a full Review that turns everything you hold into one organized picture. Both are educational and organizational, and neither ever asks for a secret.

Personalized · Best place to start

Estate & Access Kit

$24.99 CAD, one time

The free Crypto in Your Estate guide covers the timeless principles. The Kit builds them around your actual setup, so a trusted person could follow it.

  • Setup, access recovery, and what to document, for each exchange and wallet you use
  • Built on the four principles from the free guide: backup, documentation, succession, security
  • A clear trail for an executor or family, in plain English
  • Never asks for a seed phrase, private key, or password
Build my Kit

Personally assembled from your selections, usually within two business days. You will get a note to arrange the $24.99 before it is built.

The whole picture

Position Clarity Review

from $59 CAD

When you want everything in one place. A Review turns all of what you hold into one organized picture, plus the exact questions to bring to your CPA, advisor, or family.

  • A plain-English overview of what you own and where it lives
  • A custody map across your exchanges and wallets
  • Concentration and data gaps flagged in plain terms
  • The records to gather before tax time
  • The right questions for your CPA, advisor, or executor
Book a Review

You share what you own, never the keys themselves.

Educational and organizational only. Neither a Kit nor a Review tells you what to buy, sell, hold, or report, and neither replaces your CPA, advisor, or lawyer. You share what you own, never a seed phrase, private key, or password.

The library

Free guides, built to one standard.

Every guide explains a real thing clearly, defines each term as it comes up, and stays honest about what it does not cover. They follow the same path a Review does: understand it, organize it, then prepare for the people you trust.

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Field guide · Available now

How Networks Agree

How five blockchains reach agreement, and what each one is actually useful for. Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Hedera, in plain English.

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Reference guide · Available now

The Crypto ETF Guide

How to read any crypto ETF in plain English: the wrapper, the exposure underneath, and the fact-sheet details that actually decide what you are holding.

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Field guide · Available now

Wallets and Custody

How crypto is actually held, who holds the keys, and what that means for getting at it later. Plain English, no secrets requested.

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Field guide · Available now

Staking and Yield

Where crypto yield actually comes from, the flavours of staking, and the catch each one carries. If you cannot see the source, that is the risk.

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Field guide · Available now

What a Token Actually Is

The difference between a coin and a token, the main kinds you will meet, and what honestly gives one value. A label is not a reason to own anything.

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Field guide · Free companion to the Kit

Crypto in Your Estate

How to make sure crypto is not lost when you cannot manage it yourself. The timeless principles of backup, documentation, succession, and security. The free groundwork the personalized Estate & Access Kit builds on.

Step 1

Understand it

What these things actually are, and how they work, without the hype.

Step 2

Organize it

Get one calm record of what you own and where it lives. No secrets, ever.

Step 3

Prepare for a pro

Walk into the conversation ready, with the records and questions in hand.

Or skip ahead, get a Kit or a Review →

Ten guides are ready now, free to read. The rest of Step 3 is in the workshop, built to the same standard and released as it is finished.

Want a heads-up when the next guide lands?

The guides stay free and open. Send a one-line email and we will add you to a short list, used only to tell you when a new guide is ready. Nothing else, and you can ask to come off it any time.

Email me when it is ready
Why people trust this

How we think about it.

A short set of rules that every guide, tool, and Review is held to.

01

Plain English, always

Every technical term gets defined the moment it appears. If a smart friend would not follow it over coffee, we rewrite it.

02

Honest about trade-offs

Nothing is best at everything. We show what each design is good at and what it gives up, with the asterisks left in.

03

Educational, never advice

We do not tell you what to buy, sell, or hold. We help you understand and organize, and prepare better questions.

04

We never ask for your secrets

No seed phrases, no private keys, no passwords. We help you organize records, never collect them.

Who is behind this

A real person, held to a real standard.

Position Clarity is built and written in Canada by one person, not a content farm and not a marketing team. It started from a simple frustration. The explanations out there were either a sales pitch or a whitepaper, with almost nothing honest in between.

Every guide and every Review is held to the same rules you just read. Plain English, trade-offs left in, educational only, and never a request for your secrets. If something here does not meet that bar, it does not ship.

Built in Canada · Educational only · No secrets, ever
Ready when you are

Bring the questions you have been putting off.

Tell us roughly what you hold and what you are trying to sort out, for tax, for family, or just for your own peace of mind. We will reply with how a Review would work for you. No secrets, no pressure.

We will never ask for a seed phrase, private key, or password, and you should never put one in this form. A Review works from what you own and where it lives, never the keys themselves.

Browse the guides

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