How to use crypto. 40 articles
Beginner. 20 materials
- 9 min read
What are Smart Contracts?
Discover the world of Smart Contracts, how they work, their benefits and drawbacks and how they can shape the future.
- 9 min read
Sending & Receiving Crypto
Learn how to set up a crypto wallet & the process for sending/receiving crypto.
- 11 min read
Where you buy crypto
An introduction to crypto exchanges & how crypto is bought and sold.
- 10 min read
How to buy crypto
Walking through the process of buying crypto for the first time.
- 11 min read
Selling & Converting Crypto
Walking through the process of selling crypto for fiat, or converting to another cryptocurrency.
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Security best practice
Understanding the responsibilities and risks of owning crypto. Learn the best practices for crypto security.
- 10 min read
How & where to spend crypto
Discover where you can spend your crypto. Understand the process for buying goods and services with crypto and how to get a crypto backed debit or credit card.
- 9 min read
Crypto banking - Get started with CEFI
Introduction to crypto banking & CEFI. How to earn interest on your crypto or take out a crypto loan.
- 7 min read
What are the Risks of buying NFTs?
Learn about the legal and security risks of buying NFTs, and the pros and cons to owning them.
- 6 min read
What is an NFT Marketplace?
NFT marketplaces work like any other online marketplaces with the distinction that only NFTs are being traded there.
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How Do I Make My Own NFT?
Learn to make NFTs to sell for profit. Forget forking out cash to buy NFTs. Learn the best sites to mint art NFTs, music NFTs, and the best wallets to store NFTs.
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How to Protect Your Artwork From NFT Theft
With billions of dollars coursing through NFT markets, NFT theft of millions are also on the rise. Learn how to protect your artwork from NFT theft.
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What is Web3? Understanding how the decentralised web could replace Web2
Web3, which encourages decentralised systems and which pushes for less reliance on giant monopolies, could change the way we interact online. Learn how.
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Avatars in the Metaverse
From Mark Zuckerberg and Biggie Smalls to corporate branding opportunities, realistic Metaverse avatars can be hypnotic.
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CeFi vs DeFi: A Centralised and Decentralised Finance Comparison
The world of finance and banking is torn between traditional systems based on intermediaries and a new, trustless system based on code. Both are used in crypto but can DeFi knock out CeFi?
- 5 min read
What is a seed phrase? Why recovery phrases are secure
Seed phrases seem deceptively simple and yet are a highly secure way to recover a crypto wallet. Learn what it is, how it works, and why it's so secure.
- 9 min read
A Beginner's Guide to Utility NFTs: What are they, how they work, and real-life examples
NFTs are more than just memes; utility NFTs include the right to access a particular service or obtain a particular product.
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Beyond Collectibles and Gaming: How Will NFTs Look Like in the Future?
As NFT popularity improves and profitability rises, Learn Crypto explores the future of NFTs. From art and gaming to real estate, to metaverse and Web3
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A guide to paying tax on crypto
A guide to crypto taxation, looking at general guidelines & country-by-country crypto taxation rules.
- 8 min read
How to use crypto tax services
How to use crypto tax services to help minimise the pain of accurately measuring potential tax liabilities from your crypto activities.
Advanced. 14 materials
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Security, Wallets & Keys
Learn how to store crypto securely and understand wallets & private keys.
- 13 min read
What is Multi-signature? Multi-sig Wallets in Crypto Explained
The technology applied in 2012 to Bitcoin addresses led to the creation of multi-sig wallets one year later. The technology is centered around using two or more private keys to perform tasks, adding an extra layer of security.
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What are crypto masternodes?
A masternode goes beyond the capability of a regular node. Masternodes came to the scene with the Dash protocol in 2014 and a system known as Proof-of-Service (PoSe). These nodes do not create new blocks, but they verify them instead, along with governance, regulatory and special management roles assigned to them.
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Exploring Transactions
Explore the anatomy of a Bitcoin transaction; understand exactly what information it contains & its relevance.
- 11 min read
Getting started with DEFI
Learn how to use DEFI platforms to generate active yields from your crypto. Understand the potential rewards as well as the risks involved.
- 8 min read
DeFi Tax 101: Everything You Need to Know about Tax on DeFi
Regulators have been setting out firm rules on taxing DeFi services. Taxes differ depending on where you live, but we'll provide a general overview here.
- 17 min read
Arbitrum v Optimism v zkSync v Polygon?
Layer 2 scaling solutions were created to tackle Ethereum's main issues; which one does it best?
- 15 min read
Beyond Lightning Bitcoin Layer 2 Mintlayer and Rootstock
Introducing two Layer 2 scaling solutions, Mintlayer and Rootstock, that present a link between Bitcoin and DeFi
- 16 min read
CeFi vs DeFi: Assets and Crypto Assets
From classic assets to crypto, learn how decentralised and traditional finance (DeFi and CeFi) intersect in the realm of assets.
- 10 min read
Explaining Dynamic NFTs: A look into the dynamic future
A description of a new generation of NFTs that provide more interactivity and use cases, along with a static vs dynamic NFT comparison.
- 7 min read
Explaining the economics of Ethereum Layer 2 solutions
Aside from the innovative technology, the viability of Layer 2 solutions is also made of their economic model. Layer 2 solutions are made of two components – the intrinsic value and the monetary premium. We can analyse it relation to several economic theories - substitutes and complements, Moore's law and network effects.
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A guide to hybrid smart contracts
A hybrid smart contract presents an enhanced version of smart contract technology that combines on-chain infrastructure with off-chain computation and data provided by decentralised oracle networks (DONs). The main feature of hybrid smart contracts is to increase the automation of legal agreements.
- 11 min read
Your crypto footprint
Learn more about the transparency of public blockchains & the implications of using crypto. Learn the difference between anonymous and pseudonymous.
- 13 min read
How to use DEFI lending protocols
Understand what a Smart Contract is & how you interact with one. Learn about using Smart Contracts in DEFI.
Expert. 6 materials
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How do I make a DAO? Creating a Decentralised Autonomous Organisation
Learn how to form a DAO in a few easy steps, including tokens and treasury. Know its components, tools for quick setup, and legal considerations.
- 15 min read
What are Algorithmic Stablecoins? The Economics of Algorithmic Stablecoins
Explaining how algorithmic stablecoins functions in terms of economics
- 13 min read
CeFi vs DeFi: Basics of Investing
See the difference between DeFi and CeFi in terms of investing activities, and how they complement each other.
- 12 min read
How to write a crypto white paper?
A white paper refers to a report that explains a certain topic or issue to its target readers. A crypto white paper sums up all the relevant information on a crypto project. Many crypto regulations require crypto projects to produce a white paper.
- 12 min read
How to use the Lightning Network
Step-by-step guide for how to use the Lightning Network. Learn how to set up a wallet, create and fund payment channels, generate & pay lightning invoices.
- 13 min read
How to run a node
Learn how to actively support a blockchain by running a node. Follow an example for how to run a Bitcoin Node and the software/hardware requirements.