The short version
Ozgnos is funded by referral links — and nothing else. When a lesson mentions a product or service we genuinely think is worth knowing about, we sometimes link to it with a referral code. If you sign up through that link, the company pays us a commission. It costs you nothing extra; in some cases it even gets you a discount or bonus.
No ads. No sponsored posts. No token. No paid placements. No selling your data. Just clearly-marked referral links, in lessons where they actually belong.
How you'll always know
- Every referral link on this site starts with
ozgnos.com/go/. If a link doesn't start with /go/, it's not a referral link. You can check this yourself — hover over any link, or long-press it on mobile. - Every referral link is labeled where it appears. You'll see a short note right next to it — not buried in a footer, not hidden on this page only.
- This page lists every partnership we have. If a company isn't in the table below, we have no financial relationship with it.
The rules that keep it honest
- Education comes first, links come second. A lesson is written to teach. If a referral link fits naturally, we add it. We never write a lesson in order to place a link.
- A commission never changes a sentence. If a partner's product has downsides, the lesson says so — right there, next to the link. If a partner ever objected to that, we'd drop the partner, not the sentence.
- We only link to things we'd point a friend to. No pay-to-play: companies cannot buy a mention, a review, or a place in a lesson.
- Most of the library has no links at all. The foundations of crypto don't need a product. The lessons that mention tools are the minority, and they're the ones where a tool genuinely belongs.
- Nothing here is a recommendation to buy crypto. Referral links point to tools (exchanges, wallets, software) — never to a specific coin, and never with a "do this now" message.
Current partners
This is the complete list. When it changes, this page changes.
| Partner | What it is | Where it appears |
|---|---|---|
| Binance | Centralized exchange | How to Buy Your First Crypto |
| MEXC | Centralized exchange | How to Buy Your First Crypto |
| Ledger | Hardware wallet | Hot vs Cold Wallets |
| Koinly | Crypto tax software | Crypto & Taxes |
| TradingView | Charting platform | What Are Indicators?, How to Read Market Data, Markets |
Why this model
We thought about the alternatives. Ads would mean tracking you and cluttering the lessons. Sponsorships would mean someone paying for influence over what gets covered. A paid course would put the basics behind a wall, and we think the basics should be free for everyone.
Referral links are the one model where our incentive lines up with yours: we only earn anything if the lessons are good enough that you trust a link at the end of one. The day the writing stops being trustworthy is the day this model stops working — which is exactly the pressure we want on ourselves.
Questions?
If anything about this ever feels off — a link that seems out of place, a label that's missing — email contact@ozgnos.com. We mean it. Being correctable is part of the deal.