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12
Lessons
121 min
Total reading time
3
Tracks
Track 01
Foundations
Everything you need before your first trade — and a few things most guides skip.
What a blockchain actually is
A ledger, a consensus rule, and why the combination is interesting.
8 min read
Custody: who holds what
Exchange balances versus self-custody, and when each is the right answer.
7 min read
Reading a price chart honestly
What candles show, what they hide, and why timeframe is a choice about you.
11 min read
The four ways people lose money
Fees, spread, leverage and phishing — ranked by how much they actually cost.
9 min read
Track 02
Trading mechanics
How orders, books and fills really work, without the trading-guru framing.
Order types and when each is wrong
Market, limit, stop, trailing — and the failure mode of each.
12 min read
Slippage, spread and market impact
Why your fill differs from the price you saw, decomposed into three causes.
10 min read
Maker versus taker
Adding versus removing liquidity, and how rebates change the maths.
8 min read
Dollar-cost averaging, examined
What the research actually supports, and what it does not.
9 min read
Track 03
Beyond spot
Staking, on-chain mechanics and the risks that only show up at the edges.
How staking rewards are produced
Issuance, validators, slashing and why the APY number moves.
11 min read
Bridges and why they get exploited
The trust assumptions behind moving assets between chains.
14 min read
Stablecoins: three designs, three risks
Fiat-backed, over-collateralised and algorithmic, and how each fails.
12 min read
Reading a proof-of-reserves attestation
What a Merkle root proves, and the two gaps it leaves open.
10 min read
Glossary
Six terms worth getting right
Most crypto confusion is vocabulary confusion wearing a costume.
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